untended

Example Sentences

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She wrote a letter to people who lived near the untended land, outlining her idea to create a native plant garden to beautify the area and support pollinators.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

In untended fields, the cotton harvest was rotting.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

However, Palestinians argue that it erases their history and suggests that the land was previously uninhabited or untended.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 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

The first of the town houses look empty: windows shuttered, doors locked, vegetable gardens overgrown and untended.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell