uncared
English
Adjective
uncared
- Not cared (for, about, etc.).
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson, editors, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 273:
- Ursula knew that Palmer had been astir at dawn, but not to attend to his usual duties, for she pityingly had freed the thirsty, uncared for sheep; many of these were now bogged in the various water-holes along the river.
- 1996, Paul M. Salkovskis, Frontiers of Cognitive Therapy:
- Thus, patients who are severely depressed and failing to improve may be more likely to feel misunderstood and uncared about by their therapists than patients who are improving more rapidly.
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Usage notes
Usually, this appears with the preposition for. See uncared-for.
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