: not made less wild or less difficult to control : not tamed
untamed animals
the untamed wilderness
untamed hair
Examples of untamed in a Sentence
a dangerous and untamed land
tried to capture the untamed horse
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The following five organizations, ranging from a foundation focused on protecting and preserving the untamed wilds of Chile and Argentina to a 12-seat restaurant in Brooklyn using profits to fund the meals of those in need, are focused on selflessly serving the people and places around them.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
Centuries later, none of New Los Angeles’ residents — skilled professionals and members of old Earth’s elite — are going to rock the boat, not with lucrative contracts with arms manufacturers and the promise of power over an untamed world hanging over them.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
Natural in this world-making is impulsive, emotional, untamed, bodily, material, female.
—Christine Winter, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Southwest Coast Though the wild, untamed north and forested center of Grenada are well worth a visit, most travelers stick almost exclusively to the sandy southwest coast.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
Centuries later, none of New Los Angeles’ residents — skilled professionals and members of old Earth’s elite — are going to rock the boat, not with lucrative contracts with arms manufacturers and the promise of power over an untamed world hanging over them.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
Natural in this world-making is impulsive, emotional, untamed, bodily, material, female.
—Christine Winter, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Southwest Coast Though the wild, untamed north and forested center of Grenada are well worth a visit, most travelers stick almost exclusively to the sandy southwest coast.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Untamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untamed. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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