unadopted

/ ˌʌnəˈdɒptɪd /

adjective

1. (of a child) not adopted
2. (of a road, etc) not maintained by a local authority

Example Sentences

The planter was one of six planned to be set up on areas of unkempt and unadopted ground around the village.

From BBC

They would do better to heed the commentary to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, applicable to the lower federal courts, but thus far unadopted by the Supreme Court: “A judge must expect to be the subject of constant public scrutiny and accept freely and willingly restrictions that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizen.”

From Slate

Love & Leashes, an organization in Los Angeles that picks animals up from the city’s six shelters every morning and displays them at its mall storefront before returning unadopted pets in the evening, has found homes for more than 3,000 pets since relocating into a shopping center in 2021, more than doubling yearly adoption rates.

From New York Times

There are still hundreds of road and sewers across Northern Ireland that have remained unadopted for several years.

From BBC

Homes surrounded by unadopted roads and sewers are difficult to sell.

From BBC