unharvested

adjective

un·​har·​vested ˌən-ˈhär-və-stəd How to pronounce unharvested (audio)
: not harvested
an unharvested crop
unharvested fields

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After raids on California farms in June, some crops have been left unharvested, with farm operators fearful of more crackdowns to come. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025 Reuters reported that farms have lost their immigrant laborers amid the anxiety, leaving crops unharvested and prone to rot. Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 July 2025 Similar reports are emerging from California's Central Valley, America's fruit and vegetable basket, where worker shortages are forcing farm owners to leave crops unharvested. Shayna Harris, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 In his first term, Trump’s policies were linked to unharvested crops, declining entrepreneurship, and slowed economic growth in immigrant-dependent sectors. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unharvested

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unharvested was in 1874

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“Unharvested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unharvested. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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