untended

Example Sentences

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A single untended property threatens entire communities, just as poorly managed federal forests overwhelm state resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

There have been stretches where “Night Country” has left the case untended, letting it thaw away in the background like the corpsicle at center ice.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

In untended fields, the cotton harvest was rotting.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

Getting permission is essential, because for every 10 untended fig trees, there is one that is passionately cared for and eagerly anticipated.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023

His mother lay in an untended grave, a victim of throat cancer.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown