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as in wild
existing without human habitation or cultivation
a dangerous and untamed land
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as in feral
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans
tried to capture the untamed horse
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Recent Examples of untamed
Soar above the dramatic, still-active La Soufrière volcano on a helicopter tour over Montserrat’s untamed beauty.
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AFAR Media, 31 July 2025
Here's what to know about tall grass, weeds and untamed gardens in Milwaukee neighborhoods.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
In this event, the rider mounts an untamed horse with no saddle and must stay on for eight seconds.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
The island’s dramatic granite peaks and rugged coastlines embody the untamed beauty of coastal Maine.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
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AFAR Media, 31 July 2025
Here's what to know about tall grass, weeds and untamed gardens in Milwaukee neighborhoods.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
In this event, the rider mounts an untamed horse with no saddle and must stay on for eight seconds.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
The island’s dramatic granite peaks and rugged coastlines embody the untamed beauty of coastal Maine.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untamed
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Historian Terry Bouton has argued compellingly that most of the framers, landholding elites, deeply mistrusted the mass of American countrymen, and saw democracy as a wild, unruly stallion that needed to be tamed.—
Matthew Redmond
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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Originally, the trip was to gather wild images of nature.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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And two cities — Orlando and Miami — were fighting like feral cats in a dark alley for an admission ticket to big-league basketball.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Kittens born to feral cats can be socialized if handled early, though Alley Cat Allies advises against attempting this with kittens over four months due to the time commitment and uncertain results.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Their uninhabited island, full of wild animals, insects, a donkey and other distractions, is called Floreana and is located in the Galapagos Islands.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
21 Aug. 2025
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The asylum closed in 1968, and the island has been uninhabited ever since.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Though undeveloped, the acquisitions suggest long-term plans—possibly another build, or simply strategic land banking.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 Aug. 2025
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Almost entirely wooded, the island flaunts miles of remote, undeveloped lakeshore and dozens of small glacial lakes.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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After bushwhacking through uncultivated wilderness, the ground team found the woman, the Coast Guard said.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2024
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Heathcliff Heaths are areas of open, uncultivated land.—
Anna Moeslein,
Parents,
22 July 2024
Adjective
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Fighting your natural rhythms guarantees mediocre output.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That left the Fever without any healthy natural point guards, as Caitlin Clark remains out with a right groin injury.—
Chloe Peterson,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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Quagga are native to Eastern Europe but were introduced to North American waterways through the Great Lakes in the 1980s, according to Austin Baldwin, research hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Center.—
Alex Music
August 17,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Aug. 2025
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There are more than 1,300 Acacia species, with over a thousand of them native to Australia.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Untamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untamed. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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