untended
adjective
un·tend·ed
ˌən-ˈten-dəd 
: not managed, minded, or watched over : not tended
a stove that was left untended
an untended garden
Examples of untended in a Sentence
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Each section of a garden grows independently and, left untended, will die.
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Jane Hanson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Slowly integrating himself into Wei’s family life, Shuo discovers that their comfortable existence is shadowed by unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
Livestock proliferated around California, many of them untended and unfenced.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024
Virgin Galactic has accomplished this sequence of six missions while its main competitor in the suborbital market—Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin—remains grounded after a New Shepard rocket failure nearly 14 months ago during a launch of untended research payloads.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
Just down the street, thousands of chickens clucked in an untended poultry shed.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
As cheaper overseas imports put Hawaiian plantations out of business in the end of the 20th century, that land sat untended.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
The program aims to revive untended and vacated spaces, leveraging the prowess of gardening.
—Kenneth J. Williams Jr., Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
Many are ignited either by lightning strikes or human activity, including untended campfires, unextinguished cigarettes, engine sparks and equipment malfunction.
—Elena Shao, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
Jane Hanson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Slowly integrating himself into Wei’s family life, Shuo discovers that their comfortable existence is shadowed by unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
Livestock proliferated around California, many of them untended and unfenced.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024
Virgin Galactic has accomplished this sequence of six missions while its main competitor in the suborbital market—Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin—remains grounded after a New Shepard rocket failure nearly 14 months ago during a launch of untended research payloads.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
Just down the street, thousands of chickens clucked in an untended poultry shed.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
As cheaper overseas imports put Hawaiian plantations out of business in the end of the 20th century, that land sat untended.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
The program aims to revive untended and vacated spaces, leveraging the prowess of gardening.
—Kenneth J. Williams Jr., Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
Many are ignited either by lightning strikes or human activity, including untended campfires, unextinguished cigarettes, engine sparks and equipment malfunction.
—Elena Shao, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1598, in the meaning defined above
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