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uncared-for

uncared-for adjective: lacking care; neglected.

Adjective

uncared-for (comparative more uncared-for, superlative most uncared-for)

  1. Lacking care; neglected.
    • For, for the most part the Captains of ten take Care of their ten, and the Captains of the Regiments take Care of the Captains of ten, the Tribunes take Care of the Captains of the Regiments, and the Captains of ten thousand take care of the Tribunes. By which means it comes to pass that among so...1685, John Norris, (translator), The Institution and Life of Cyrus the Great [Cyropaedia] by Xenophon, London: Matthew Gilliflower and James Norris, Book 8, p. 133
    • […] hidden and uncared for as the pulse of anguish in the breast of the tiniest bird that has fluttered down to its nest with the long-sought food, and has found the nest torn and empty.1858, George Eliot, “Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story,” Chapter 5, in Scenes of Clerical Life, London: William Blackwood & Sons, Volume 1, p. 272

uncared-for meaning in Tamil and Kannada

uncared-for in Tamil

கவனிக்கப்படாத

uncared-for in Kannada

ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಕೊಡದ, ಗಮನ ಹರಿಸದ

Forms of uncared-for

comparativemore uncared-for
superlativemost uncared-for
alternative formuncared for

Origin of uncared-for

From un- + cared for.

Questions about uncared-for

What does uncared-for mean?
Uncared-for means lacking care; neglected.
What is uncared-for in Tamil?
Uncared-for in Tamil is கவனிக்கப்படாத. See Uncared-for meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is uncared-for?
Uncared-for is an adjective.

Words near uncared-for in the dictionary

  1. uncardinalled
  2. uncardinalling
  3. uncardinals
  4. uncare
  5. uncared
  6. uncared-for
  7. uncareful
  8. uncarefully
  9. uncarefulness
  10. uncaressed
  11. uncareworthy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncared-for (page history and authors); uncared-for (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uncared-for (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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