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

There have been stretches where “Night Country” has left the case untended, letting it thaw away in the background like the corpsicle at center ice.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 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

Next to the kitchen, two cauldrons of hot, steaming soup had been left untended.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel