untended


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untended

(ʌnˈtɛndɪd)
adj
not cared for or attended to
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Adj.1.untended - lacking care and attentionuntended - lacking care and attention; "untended garden was soon overgrown with weeds"; "untended children"
uncared-for - lacking needed care and attention
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untended

[ʌnˈtendɪd] ADJdesatendido, no vigilado
he left the car untendeddejó el coche sin vigilar
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untended

adj patientunbehütet, unbewacht; gardenvernachlässigt, ungepflegt
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She thrust out a shapeless, swollen foot, encased in a monstrous, untended shoe, the dry, raw leather of which showed white on the edges of bulging cracks.
My kraals are desolate, the cattle wander untended on the hills, birds pick at the unguarded crops."
Natural affections and instincts, my dear sir, are the most beautiful of the Almighty's works, but like other beautiful works of His, they must be reared and fostered, or it is as natural that they should be wholly obscured, and that new feelings should usurp their place, as it is that the sweetest productions of the earth, left untended, should be choked with weeds and briers.
So to your work with speed, but leave me not Untended; for this frame is all too week To move without the help of guiding hand.
The district administration and the officials of health department have started vaccination process in the district to achieve set target of 340383 children under five years age so that no one would remain untended during campaign.
Burnham Park was no different, Magalong said as he led a spot inspection on July 14 which revealed overcrowded bicycle lanes, untended gardens and polluted waters at the man-made Burnham Lake.
Critique: For any democracy to survive its citizenry must be engaged in the solving of political, social, cultural, economic, environmental, and community problems, issues, concerns and inequalities that, if untended, could erode and even end it.
Furious Monklands residents have accused North Lanarkshire Council of "disrespecting the dead"after graveyards in Airdrie and Coatbridge were left untended for months.
If left untended, friendships too could go bankrupt.
The massacre in New Zealand should serve as a wake-up call for the West, because it can have dangerous repercussions and will set the entire world on fire if these embers are left untended. The West has to face the fact that blaming only Muslims for every act of terror has wreaked havoc.
His teeth were white, they became whiter as his big smile was bordered by his black moustache that was long, untended, unruly.