How to Use unmanaged in a Sentence
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Past the floor-length glass windows, there was grass and plants that had been left unmanaged.
—Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2020
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Since the standoff with Bundy more than two years ago, the BLM has left parts of the land unmanaged and unpatrolled.
—Andy Isaacson, National Geographic, 29 Dec. 2016
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The fact is that, a nearby wild, unmanaged area serves as a continuing source of new moles.
—oregonlive, 6 June 2021
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If unmanaged, the surge in demand could have brought the entire grid down, says Milligan.
—Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2021
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But more important was their management of the water that, if left unmanaged, would have long since ravaged the site.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2021
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Concerns are also growing for the fate of the people if the situation is left unmanaged.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 21 July 2021
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The world has never dealt with an unmanaged meltdown at a large nuclear power plant.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
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The psychologist said the unmanaged flow of drugs that persisted for years contributed to a rash of suicides.
—Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
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This leads to more outbursts and missed details, and higher levels of everyday chaos when left unmanaged.
—Mikhal Weiner, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
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Over time, chronic and unmanaged stress can have harmful effects on your health and performance.
—Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2020
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During the dry summer months, there are also worries that unmanaged forest growth increases the risk of fire.
—The Economist, 18 July 2019
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Assurance over the digital supply chain is a key issue that cannot be left unmanaged.
—Joe Monaghan, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
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Earth, told me, pointing to the many people who would suffer under an unmanaged transition.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
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If left unmanaged, this can eventually lead to some of the life-threatening conditions on this list.
—Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 30 July 2019
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The risk of nonnative unmanaged grasslands is no secret.
—Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
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Many worry what unfettered access, unmanaged trash and extra foot traffic could do to their years of work protecting the land.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
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If left unmanaged, however, beaver populations can soar and cause quite a bit of damage.
—Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
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One batter later, Jorge Alfaro and his majestic, unmanaged mane homered to cap a stretch of five runs in seven pitches.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
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This was an unplugged, untimed, unmanaged experience, complete with stops to sniff around and soak in the surroundings.
—Michael Easter, Outside Online, 14 May 2018
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Extend this approach to both managed as well as unmanaged devices and apply it to all applications, not just web apps.
—Michelle Drolet, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
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New Zealand designates all of its grasslands and forests as managed, for instance, but deems wetlands unmanaged.
—Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
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Kids who have less access to health care are less likely to have a timely diagnosis, setting them up for unmanaged diabetes, McGill added.
—Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2021
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The hillsides were covered in highly flammable grasslands, which had been a concern among the region’s wildfire experts but left unmanaged by officials and landowners.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
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Poor purchasing practices and lengthy approval timeframes can tempt employees to use backchannel methods and lead to more unmanaged spend.
—Rujul Zaparde, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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But a dirty, unmanaged variation of this is happening already.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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Most of the SaaS used in a company is completely unmanaged, and the company does not control any of the typical enforcement mechanisms.
—Lior Yaari, Forbes, 17 June 2022
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The land, surrounded by roads and within earshot of the Gatwick Airport flightpath, will never match the traditional conception of unmanaged wilderness.
—Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
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As demand for oil begins to falter, the terms of that unmanaged transition fall to the market, including vulture funds eager to swoop in on distressed assets in the public and private sectors.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2021
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But for many patients with unmanaged schizophrenia, psychiatrists try to find a bed in an inpatient psychiatric unit.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
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The world is experiencing is an unmanaged—read: unplanned—decline of the fossil fuel sector.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2021
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