uncared-for
Example Sentences
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“Such a position is not only baseless and illogical, it is also inhumane as it virtually calls for leaving orphaned or uncared-for children in the midst of hostilities,” the mission’s statement said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
“Mahmood still can’t accept that he is just another uncared-for man eating from a plate on his lap in the solitude of a cold rented room,” Mohamed writes.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021
They’ve come to perceive themselves as dispensable, uncared-for, purposeless.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2020
Lately Kyle’s hair has been getting longer and longer, to the point that he looks unkempt and uncared-for.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2020
And, after that, the uncared-for building itself would settle into shapelessness, buried under the ubiquity of the dust.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.