UNTENDED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

untended

adjective

Definition of untended

as in unattended

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Recent Examples of untended Earlier this month, the county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a measure aimed at ensuring that the thousands of empty lots in unincorporated Altadena and Sunset Mesa, a small residential enclave bordering Pacific Palisades, are not left untended. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 In addition, plants that aren’t thoughtfully selected can get too big for the space, making your front door look messy and untended. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 June 2026 But people and money are finite, and an analyst sent to count the power behind artificial intelligence is an analyst not minding the oil numbers, which are mature, dull, and easy to leave running untended. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 To leave a floppy disk untended for twenty years does not permit one to pick it up later and reminisce, the way a letter or a photograph does. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for untended

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Adjective

Cantrell has a history of unattended or undisclosed pregnancy and childbirth and was close to delivering, according to the relative’s account, described in a police record.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
That decade’s fully automatic machines could be left unattended to rinse, spin, and drain.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of unattended

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Investors and analysts are increasingly looking to other parts of the market, both to find neglected sources of value and to start assuming a defensive posture against a possible downturn.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Changing their environment is more reliable and more neglected.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of neglected

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The suitcase containing her body was found soon afterward by railway tracks in a deserted area.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Supporting this theory, the population of Lauriacum increased threefold over the next fifty years, with the deserted settlement now being used as a quarry.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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