: 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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From Muhanga to Mesquite The first deployment from the company that would become Zipline was in 2016 in Muhanga, Rwanda, beginning with the goal of delivering vaccines and other medical supplies quickly and reliably across the untamed expanses of Africa.
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Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Practical Information The drive, which is surrounded by wilderness, is even more untamed in the winter.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
The weather in some ways feels as untamed as the local fauna; Walton Goggins, as new guest Rick Hatchett, enters every scene as if he’s just emerged from a bath filled entirely with sweat.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
In creator Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel on Paramount+, husband and wife Jacob and Cara Dutton (Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren) fight to protect their sprawling Montana ranch from cattle thieves, a predatory land baron (Timothy Dalton) and an untamed, unpredictable wilderness.
—Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
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Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Practical Information The drive, which is surrounded by wilderness, is even more untamed in the winter.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
The weather in some ways feels as untamed as the local fauna; Walton Goggins, as new guest Rick Hatchett, enters every scene as if he’s just emerged from a bath filled entirely with sweat.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
In creator Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel on Paramount+, husband and wife Jacob and Cara Dutton (Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren) fight to protect their sprawling Montana ranch from cattle thieves, a predatory land baron (Timothy Dalton) and an untamed, unpredictable wilderness.
—Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Untamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untamed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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