untreated
Example Sentences
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If left untreated, a rattlesnake bite can eventually lead to death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
But even a short gap can mean skipped medications, delayed appointments or untreated symptoms that become urgent and potentially more serious than they would otherwise have been.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
The illness generally isn’t deadly, but diarrhea—which if untreated may last a month—can cause dangerous dehydration.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Regenxbio objected, arguing such a new study would take years and pose an ethical problem, since untreated patients would almost certainly lose neurocognitive abilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Many workers have noticed the tendency of resistant flies to rest more on untreated horizontal surfaces than on treated walls.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
