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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After you're finished, dry the walls completely with your clean towels, being careful to avoid water streaks or soggy spots left untended.
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Unlike Culex mosquitoes, which prefer breeding near larger sources of water such as untended swimming pools, culverts or detention basins, Aedes aegypti tend to breed in much shallower standing water.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
Judging by the untended blisters on his knuckles and palms, however, Enzo doesn’t show much aptitude for it — to the extent that his supervisor drives the boy home one day to speak with his parents, surprised to discover that Enzo lives in a posh home with ocean views and a private pool.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 May 2025
Photo: Jeremy Liebman The living room, filled with furnishings designed by friends, including the late Zaha Hadid, overlooks an untended back garden and a large-scale dinosaur-skeleton sculpture of Schachter’s own making.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 6 May 2025
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Unlike Culex mosquitoes, which prefer breeding near larger sources of water such as untended swimming pools, culverts or detention basins, Aedes aegypti tend to breed in much shallower standing water.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
Judging by the untended blisters on his knuckles and palms, however, Enzo doesn’t show much aptitude for it — to the extent that his supervisor drives the boy home one day to speak with his parents, surprised to discover that Enzo lives in a posh home with ocean views and a private pool.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 May 2025
Photo: Jeremy Liebman The living room, filled with furnishings designed by friends, including the late Zaha Hadid, overlooks an untended back garden and a large-scale dinosaur-skeleton sculpture of Schachter’s own making.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 6 May 2025
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“Untended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untended. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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