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unweeded

  • a word derived from weed.

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Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.

From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)

When I think on that beach at Monterey—the silent streets, the walled, unweeded gardens—a wistful Saturday-afternoon feeling comes over me.

From In the Footprints of the Padres by Stoddard, Charles Warren

O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.

From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William

Not in the least!"—and she smiled—"The human race in its present condition is 'an unweeded garden, things rank and gross in nature possess it merely,' and it wants clearing.

From The Secret Power by Corelli, Marie

Ah fie! 't is an unweeded garden,   That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature   Possess it merely.

From Shakspere and Montaigne by Feis, Jacob