: not made less wild or less difficult to control : not tamed
untamed animals
the untamed wilderness
untamed hair
Examples of untamed in a Sentence
a dangerous and untamed land
tried to capture the untamed horse
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Those gardens, intended to be untamed, animating, and informal, are the work of Piet Oudolf, the creator of the High Line plantings, in New York.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Our voices—alive, ancestral, untamed—will cut through the air, cross every border, and unite peoples, from the Amazon to the Pacific.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 15 Sep. 2025
Part of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea, the island is defined by its rugged hills, arid terrain and wild, untamed coastline.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In Pilsen, a diverse working-class neighborhood with a large Mexican American population, Toledo, who was born in Mexico, was a friendly fixture, with an untamed, graying beard and mane of hair.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Our voices—alive, ancestral, untamed—will cut through the air, cross every border, and unite peoples, from the Amazon to the Pacific.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 15 Sep. 2025
Part of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea, the island is defined by its rugged hills, arid terrain and wild, untamed coastline.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In Pilsen, a diverse working-class neighborhood with a large Mexican American population, Toledo, who was born in Mexico, was a friendly fixture, with an untamed, graying beard and mane of hair.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Untamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untamed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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