Uncultivated

adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
  2. 2
    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."

  3. 3
    Not attended to or fostered.
Adjective
  1. 1
    characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes wordnet
  2. 2
    (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops wordnet
  3. 3
    (of persons) lacking art or knowledge wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unculturedacarpousagrariananimalaridarrested

Example

More examples

"Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right."

Etymology

From un- + cultivated.

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