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uncared-for

[ uhn-kaird-fawr ]

adjective

  1. untended; neglected; unkempt:

    The garden had an uncared-for look.

  2. not cared for; not liked or favored:

    uncared-for reminders of youth.



uncared-for

/ ˌʌnˈkɛədfɔː /

adjective

  1. not cared for; neglected


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Word History and Origins

Origin of uncared-for1

First recorded in 1590–1600

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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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