untended
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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If untended, it has below the green top what some people call “petticoats” of dead leaves, but I think they look like those furry chaps that silent movie cowboys used to wear.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
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
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