unmanaged

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adjective

Not managed.

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunmanaged (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot managed.

    St Ives: The guided busway on the old railway alignment to Cambridge has just passed its tenth anniversary. Railfuture has noted its down-at-heel physical appearance, with dirty concrete beams, damaged sound barriers, and unmanaged vegetation.

    2021 October 6, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Anglia”, in RAIL, number 941, page 29

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishmanaged
  9. Englishunmanaged

From un- + managed.

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APA

unmanaged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmanaged

MLA

“unmanaged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmanaged. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmanaged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmanaged.

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