untended
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He said where some landowners have abandoned their trees, it’s a problem for neighboring growers because the untended orchards can harbor pests — such as navel orangeworm — that can spread to nearby orchards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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
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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