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

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

It was encircled by a wild, untended garden fierce in its reckless blooming and accidental color.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy