untended

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He said where some landowners have abandoned their trees, it’s a problem for neighboring growers because the untended orchards can harbor pests — such as navel orangeworm — that can spread to nearby orchards.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 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

Nowadays the monument at the cemetery, untended, is covered in moss.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

The untended cows trampled into the palaces of the gods, and the gods themselves began to wear tattered robes because there was no cloth from which to make new ones.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep