untended
Example Sentences
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Not removing an untended vineyard in a timely fashion renders it vulnerable to pests and disease that can leapfrog onto vines owned by nearby farmers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
In untended fields, the cotton harvest was rotting.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
Nowadays the monument at the cemetery, untended, is covered in moss.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023
Many are ignited either by lightning strikes or human activity, including untended campfires, unextinguished cigarettes, engine sparks and equipment malfunction.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2022
For a moment Ishmael caught them in the beam of his flashlight; then he reached in and took up a nearby egg left untended in the cold.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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