untamed

adjective un·tamed \ ˌən-ˈtāmd \

Definition of untamed

:not made less wild or less difficult to control :not tamed

untamed animals

the untamed wilderness

untamed hair

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There are easy, rollicking half-day trips along an untamed section of the river that parallels an interstate just below its source in Rocky Mountain National Park.

— jim buchta, Detroit Free Press, "Family rafts down the Colorado River in Utah because Grandma Mary wanted to," 12 Aug. 2017
These zoologists know how to navigate the untamed land, accurately identify diurnal and nocturnal creatures and place covert camera traps to photograph the most elusive wildlife.

— kyle frischkorn, Smithsonian, "How Fly Guts Help Researchers Catalog the Rainforest," 7 Aug. 2017
Labels like Cupcakes & Cashmere and Joie liven up even your most polished outfits with a wild, untamed element.

— kansascity, "Want A+ style this fall? Look to details [Partner]," 4 Aug. 2017
Consider the Quirimbas Archipelago: Located off of the untamed northeastern shore of Mozambique, this stretch of islands is a castaway’s dream.

— todd plummer, Vogue, "Channel Your Inner Castaway on This Remote African Archipelago," 26 July 2017
But many of Trump's most high profile dodges and delays have less to do with legislation than his untamed Twitter finger and the administration's subsequent clean-up efforts.

— gregory krieg, CNN, "Donald Trump promised. Now start waiting," 16 June 2017
From Morenci northward, the Coronado Trail penetrates the vast, untamed reaches of the American West with the same resolve as did the man himself.

— josh jacquot, Car and Driver, "2018 Audi S5," 16 June 2017
The paste softens and absorbs easily, and can still be applied to untamed underarm, too.

— adam hurly, GQ, "The Best Men's Deodorant for Every Kind of Stink and Sweat," 12 June 2017
The garden, hemmed by vast lawns and untamed edges of the Santa Monica Mountains, is perfect, and yet not.

— dana coffield, The Denver Post, "Outside Voice: The wild sometimes encroaches even the best-tended gardens," 5 May 2017

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First Known Use of untamed

14th century

untamed Synonyms

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natural, uncultivated, wild, virgin

Antonyms

cultivated, tamed

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native; uninhabited, unpeopled, unsettled; overgrown, spontaneous, untended; waste; undeveloped; desolate, forlorn, howling

Near Antonyms

inhabited; developed; seminatural

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