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Cared-for   /kɛrd-fɔr/   Listen
Cared-for

adjective
1.
Having needed care and attention.





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"Cared-for" Quotes from Famous Books



... this fact is becoming more appreciated as the years go by, and it is devoutly to be hoped that before long the teaching profession in the Secondary Schools will have no more to complain of than the Primary teachers, or than is usual in even the most cared-for and prosperous professions in this our imperfect world. Salaries, pensions, a register, security of tenure, opportunities of proper training—these may be said to embody the chief requirements of Secondary ...
— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various
... her life-buoy on her knees. She smiled gladly as he approached, then pouted, as though remembering. Panting from his exertion, he humbly placed the faded, scarred, and misshapen ring on top of the brighter, better-cared-for possession of the girl, and stood, mutely pleading for pardon. It was granted. Smiling radiantly,—a little roguishly,—she arose and led him again to the cave, from which she brought forth another treasure. It was a billet of ...
— "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea • Morgan Robertson


Words linked to "Cared-for" :   uncared-for, attended, tended to


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