uncultivated en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + cultivated.
Meanings
- Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
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Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge
I ſaw you were taken with her, which I ſhould not have expected; for after all, it is but a little uncultivated ruſtic, and ſurely rather ſhewy than handſome.
1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter X, in The Banished Man. […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 199:
- Not attended to or fostered.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more uncultivated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most uncultivated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Gothlike · uncultured · foolish · heathenly · brutal · unenlightened · brutish · nescient · barbaric · pagan · wolfish · barbarous · benighted · grim · unscholarly · Gothic · illiterate · uncivil · uncivilized · uplandish · uncultured · uneducated · lewd · animalistic · untaught · unschooled · unread · untrained · unerudite · uncivilized · clueless · barbarious · incivil · uncultivated · heathen · tenebrose · unaware · ignorant · truculent · loreless · unrefined · barbarian · unlearned · innocent · unlettered · lay · uninformed · savage · uncultivated · tenebrose · oblivious · unknowing · philistine · uncouth · unknowledgeable · ill-informed · heathenous · unlearnt · cimmerian · lack-learning · unmindful · untutored · uncultured · heathenish · unwitting
Translations (26)
nl onbeschaafd (uncivilized) · pl nieobyty (uncivilized) · mi papatua (not cultivated (land)) · bg неразработен (not cultivated (land)) · pt inculto (not cultivated (land)) · it ignorante (uncivilized) · ota قیر (not cultivated (land)) · mi toitū (not cultivated (land)) · sk nekultivovaný (uncivilized) · it incolto (not cultivated (land)) · hi बीहड़ (not cultivated (land)) · hi बंजर (not cultivated (land)) · it incolto (uncivilized) · it rozzo (uncivilized) · sk nekultivovaný (not cultivated (land)) · nl onbebouwd (not cultivated (land)) · it incivile (uncivilized) · gd fàs (not cultivated (land)) · la rudis (not cultivated (land)) · ga fódbhán (not cultivated (land)) · bg неразоран (not cultivated (land)) · sk neobrobený (not cultivated (land)) · fur pustot (not cultivated (land)) · es inculto (not cultivated (land)) · hi बीहड़ (uncivilized) · pl niewyrobiony (uncivilized)