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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Back in the East, peach trees suddenly left untended sometimes became too overgrown to bear much fruit.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Someone was behind the bar at the beer garden Monday, but on Wednesday afternoon, the beer garden was untended and deserted, Journal Sentinel reporters observed.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
They were untended, disregarded; sheep and cows grazed around them.
—Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The land was unplanted and untended; there were no fences or hedges, barely any trees, and no signposts or road markings.
—Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Someone was behind the bar at the beer garden Monday, but on Wednesday afternoon, the beer garden was untended and deserted, Journal Sentinel reporters observed.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
They were untended, disregarded; sheep and cows grazed around them.
—Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The land was unplanted and untended; there were no fences or hedges, barely any trees, and no signposts or road markings.
—Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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“Untended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untended. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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