self-administered

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ administered.

Adjective

self-administered (not comparable)

  1. Performed, done, or administered without the help of a third party.
    • 2019 May 2, Nina Avramova, “When you should use self-help programs and when to skip them”, in CNN[1]:
      Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: [] and the general usefulness of the book as a self-administered method for changing behavior or psychological change.

Verb

self-administered

  1. simple past and past participle of self-administer