What is "unshepherded"

Usage examples of "unshepherded".

From a past half a century back, when the unshepherded sheep had been running astray in the mountains, uninvited dismal guests pressed through the opening on the heels of the worshippers and seemed to darken the little rooms and to let in the cold.

Mona, how can anyone let these two go unshepherded into a human world?

He had hardly begun to say the precious words of redemption when a bullet blasted into his heart and he fell to the ground to die beside his brothers, and went unsung and unshepherded to heaven.

I do not think that he yearned over unshepherded souls, or primarily desired to seek and save the lost.

A handsaw is on the table too, three unshepherded lambs meandering across its blade.

Strangely, on this occasion, it was the thought not of Thomas but of his sheep unshepherded that turned his attention from these gloomy meditations.