onaided
Onaided is a rarely used term that denotes operating or occurring without external assistance. It is not widely attested in standard dictionaries and is generally considered a nonstandard or infrequent variant of unaided. In contexts where it appears, it may describe actions taken without help or devices.
In practice, onaided is most often seen as a misspelling or typographic variant of unaided. When used
Origin and usage. The form combines the negating prefix un- with aided, mirroring unaided. Its rare occurrence
Related terms include unaided, unaided vision/hearing, and aided. In research, the choice of unaided versus aided