untended
adjective
un·tend·ed
ˌən-ˈten-dəd 
: not managed, minded, or watched over : not tended
a stove that was left untended
an untended garden
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To leave a floppy disk untended for twenty years does not permit one to pick it up later and reminisce, the way a letter or a photograph does.
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Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
But there’s a difference between a meadow-style front lawn and one that’s simply overgrown and left untended.
—Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 17 May 2026
Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Buffers include everything from berms and lines of trees to prevent pesticide drift to 100-foot areas of untended land.
—Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
But there’s a difference between a meadow-style front lawn and one that’s simply overgrown and left untended.
—Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 17 May 2026
Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Buffers include everything from berms and lines of trees to prevent pesticide drift to 100-foot areas of untended land.
—Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Untended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untended. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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