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unshepherded

unshepherded adjective: not shepherded; without a guiding influence.

Adjective

unshepherded (not comparable)

  1. Not shepherded; without a guiding influence.
    • Hence! and roam unshepherded—
      No god there is to tend such herd as you.1889, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, “The Furies”, in The House of Atreus, 2nd edition, page 145
    Synonyms:
    shepherded

Synonyms of unshepherded

Origin of unshepherded

From un- + shepherded.

Questions about unshepherded

What does unshepherded mean?
Unshepherded means not shepherded; without a guiding influence.
What part of speech is unshepherded?
Unshepherded is an adjective.

Words near unshepherded in the dictionary

  1. unshelve
  2. unshelved
  3. unshelves
  4. unshelving
  5. unshent
  6. unshepherded
  7. unshepherdlike
  8. unshepherdly
  9. unshewn
  10. unshield
  11. unshieldable

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