unfenced

adjective

un·​fenced ˌən-ˈfen(t)st How to pronounce unfenced (audio)
: not enclosed or bordered by a fence : not fenced
an unfenced pasture/garden/yard

Examples of unfenced in a Sentence

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The Mill Creek facility was a minimum security prison located just a few miles outside of the city of Salem, on an unfenced property covering around 2,000 acres, according to the department. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 July 2024 Cultivated by Jarman from 1986, when he was diagnosed with AIDS, until his death in 1994, its unfenced shrubs and wildflowers have been well documented by photographers both professional and amateur. Ella Riley-Adams Jamie Sims Alice Newell-Hanson Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Caitie Kelly MacKenzie Oster, New York Times, 6 June 2024 Memorial Park in the city’s downtown opened the first unfenced dog area in 2019. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024 Livestock proliferated around California, many of them untended and unfenced. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unfenced 

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfenced was in 1608

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“Unfenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfenced. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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