unmanaged

adjective

un·​man·​aged ˌən-ˈma-nijd How to pronounce unmanaged (audio)
: not controlled or regulated : not managed
an unmanaged forest
unmanaged fisheries

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This creates a big blind spot in enterprise security and expands an increasingly unmanaged perimeter. Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 Recently, one of my patients — living on the streets and battling severe depression — faced a series of emergency hospitalizations due to unmanaged chronic illness. Pia Valvassori, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2025 Likewise, InMotion offers managed hosting and unmanaged cloud VPS web hosting. PC Magazine, 24 June 2025 These machine accounts become unmanaged and unmonitored; when an event occurs, their ownership is questioned, and delays occur in incident response due to a simple lack of knowledge. Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for unmanaged

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unmanaged was in 1598

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“Unmanaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmanaged. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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