unharvested

adjective

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

Examples of unharvested in a Sentence

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Immigration raids have hurt major growing areas, leaving crops unharvested at California farms and scared off workers at dairy farms in New York and other states. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025 When immigration sweeps pull those workers out of the fields, produce goes unharvested, prices rise at the grocery store, and families across America feel it in their wallets. Javier Palomarez, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Crops are left unharvested in response to market conditions, but they could be marketed with connections to more flexible buyers. Ivanka Trump, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025 Possible downsides Boosting the number of agricultural guest workers would help fill some gaps in the agricultural labor force and reduce the risk of crops going unharvested. Scott Morgenstern, The Conversation, 25 July 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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