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uncared-for
[ uhn-kaird-fawr ]
adjective
- untended; neglected; unkempt:
The garden had an uncared-for look.
- not cared for; not liked or favored:
uncared-for reminders of youth.
uncared-for
/ ˌʌnˈkɛədfɔː /
adjective
- not cared for; neglected
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The universe had an uncared-for, unswept appearance, like a house surprised at dawn, before the housemaids are up.
The condition of the most uncared-for section gives the church's answer to the question, "Am I my brother's keeper?"
The abandoned husband and the uncared-for child desperately call out for their wife and mother.
In some corner of the great world she still works, with patience and tenderest sympathy, amongst uncared-for children.
The room was loathsome, the smell overpowering, the look of abject and uncared-for misery sickening.
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