unfenced

adjective un·fenced \ ˌən-ˈfen(t)st \

|Updated on: 24 Apr 2018

Definition of unfenced

: not enclosed or bordered by a fence : not fenced

an unfenced pasture/garden/yard

Recent Examples of unfenced from the Web

The aerial video analyzed by the network showed in up-close detail how most of the vast border remains unfenced and essentially unsecured.

— anne ryman, azcentral, "Arizona Republic and USA TODAY NETWORK win Pulitzer Prize for border wall project," 16 Apr. 2018
Across this unfenced wilderness there are just six prisons with a collective capacity for 154 prisoners.

— sarah lazarus, CNN, "Humane prison to bring Greenland's most dangerous criminals home," 16 Mar. 2018
All rooms are done in bright-colored local fabrics and have private balconies overlooking the unfenced Zambezi National Park.

— Condé Nast Traveler, "The Victoria Falls Hotel," 22 Dec. 2017
But there are hundreds of miles of Mexico-Texas border that get almost no traffic even unfenced—and where concerns over private property, the environment, and plain value-for-money make a physical wall a ludicrously pointless notion.

— david frum, The Atlantic, "Trump's Impending Immigration Sell-Out," 5 Sep. 2017
Farawo said wild animals often wander outside unfenced areas of national parks in Zimbabwe, and the wildlife agency is struggling with human-animal conflict in areas surrounding parks.

— Washington Post, "Killing of Cecil’s son highlights peril facing African lions," 21 July 2017
Not even the unfenced wildlife roaming outside could disrupt our slumber.

— dominica lim, CNT, "A Road Trip Through Namibia's Wild Landscape," 11 June 2017
Crossing there couldn’t be easier, suggest some YouTube videos, showing the largely unfenced Canadian road that straddles the border with Blaine: 0 Avenue.

— nina shapiro, The Seattle Times, "Hundreds of immigrants use Washington state to sneak into Canada for asylum," 7 June 2017
President Donald Trump’s vision of a sea-to-sea wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is running into an unexpected obstacle: opposition from Republicans in Texas, where most of the unfenced land is located.

— dudley althaus, WSJ, "Border Wall Faces Resistance From Texas Republicans," 22 Feb. 2017

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