How to Use unmanaged in a Sentence

unmanaged

adjective
  • But it cannot be left unmanaged.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Past the floor-length glass windows, there was grass and plants that had been left unmanaged.
    — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The fact is that, a nearby wild, unmanaged area serves as a continuing source of new moles.
    — oregonlive, 6 June 2021
  • Buford places the bulk of the blame on chronic, unmanaged workplace stressors that build over time.
    — Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Those without it will face unmanaged exposure at scale.
    — Lane Sullivan, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Conflict isn’t a sign of failure, unmanaged conflict is.
    — Sally Percy, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The irony is that the very drive that fuels success in the early stages can, if unmanaged, derail long-term growth.
    — Irina Logman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The world has never dealt with an unmanaged meltdown at a large nuclear power plant.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • All forms of stress, including cumulative stress, can take a toll on health if left unmanaged.
    — Emma Loewe, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
  • So does poor sleep and unmanaged stress, both of which hinder recovery and tissue repair.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Over time, chronic and unmanaged stress can have harmful effects on your health and performance.
    — Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2020
  • If unmanaged, the surge in demand could have brought the entire grid down, says Milligan.
    — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2021
  • And over half of the plastic waste that goes unmanaged is burned in the open air, worsening air quality in many parts of the world.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Assurance over the digital supply chain is a key issue that cannot be left unmanaged.
    — Joe Monaghan, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • This may sound excessive for a small business, but even lean teams are often surprised by how many tools are in use—and how many are unmanaged.
    — Kathleen Hurley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • If left unmanaged, however, beaver populations can soar and cause quite a bit of damage.
    — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Earth, told me, pointing to the many people who would suffer under an unmanaged transition.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The findings may not translate to people with the unmanaged disorder.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 9 Nov. 2025
  • And complexity, left unmanaged, turns to risk.
    — Gaurav Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • What employees want, the data shows, is not avoidance of change, but protection from unmanaged risk.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • In reality, unmanaged emotion is more likely to explode when it has been ignored for too long.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Concerns are also growing for the fate of the people if the situation is left unmanaged.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 21 July 2021
  • During the dry summer months, there are also worries that unmanaged forest growth increases the risk of fire.
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • If left unmanaged, this can eventually lead to some of the life-threatening conditions on this list.
    — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 30 July 2019
  • But a dirty, unmanaged variation of this is happening already.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Today, large volumes remain as unmanaged waste, adding to the global plastics crisis.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • That unmanaged friction kills ROI.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • 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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