Example Sentences

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“We’ve gotten addicted to the cycle of buying something new, using it to the end of its unmaintained life cycle, throwing it out and buying a new one.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“We have watched it go unmaintained and unkept. We purchased the property because it is within feet of ours. And it is not a historic cultural monument,” she said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

She also points to perimeter hedges left overgrown, while empty plots were left unmaintained.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

“This is a filthy unmaintained lease,” inspector Daryl Myatt wrote in a 2022 report after a surprise inspection discovered solvents, oils, fuels and other items barred by the agreement.

From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Washed out and overgrown with alders, it turned into a rough, unmaintained track.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer