untended
Example Sentences
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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
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
She was scarred, as if by untended wounds, and one arm was held crookedly, so that it was awkward for her to do things.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
