uncared

Examples

• All

• The house had a run-down, uncared-for look, as if no one lived there at all.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The city seemed to have been abandoned and appeared to be as unloved and uncared for as the begrimed men going into the Monte Carlo.

  Academic text (2010)

• Put your face in an uncared for aquarium.

• What happens to single, uncared-for women and children?

  Blog text (19)

• I can't bear to see them there, dead and vulnerable and uncared for.

  Blog text (33)

• Her chipped and uncared-for manicure is very telling.

  Blog text (15)

• It's a dilapidated old house, uncared for, overgrown; a 'For Sale' sign stands crookedly in the front yard.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The garden had become overgrown and uncared for after years of neglect.

• After months without visitors, the library looked uncared for, with dust settling on the shelves.

• The abandoned park had an uncared-for appearance, with broken swings and untrimmed grass.

Synonyms

U

unattended

vsuncared

45 3.6

Left without anyone watching or caring for them

covers lack of attention, care, or maintenance rather than only absence of watching

N

neglected

vsuncared

17 3.7

Not cared for or looked after so it becomes damaged

refers more generally to being not given attention, care, or maintenance

U

unloved

vsuncared

15 3.4

Not cared for or shown affection

focuses on missing attention or maintenance, not on emotional affection

U

untended

vsuncared

4 4.9

Not given care, like a garden

is a general state of receiving no attention or maintenance

U

unmanaged

vsuncared

1 5.2

Something that no person or system controls

specifies lack of control or organization rather than simple lack of care

U

uncared-for

vsuncared

1 4.2

Not looked after and left in bad condition

has identical meaning but is written as a hyphenated descriptive form

U

unregarded

vsuncared

1 6.7

Not noticed or given any attention

emphasizes lack of attention, not necessarily lack of care or maintenance

U

unhandled

vsuncared

3.9

A task or problem that no one has dealt with yet

focuses on lack of care or maintenance rather than only not addressed

Antonyms

C

cared-for

5 2.9

Someone looks after them to keep them healthy and safe

A

attended

2 3.5

A place or person with someone there to watch and help

How Cared

cared-for

5 2.9

uncared

1 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology