uncultivated
pronunciation
How to pronounce uncultivated in British English: UK [ʌnˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd]
How to pronounce uncultivated in American English: US [ʌnˈkʌltəˌvetɪd]
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- Adjective:
- (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
- (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
- characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
Word Origin
- uncultivated (adj.)
- 1640s (figurative); 1680s (of plants); 1690s (of land), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of cultivate (v.).
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Example
- 1. Today I leave uncultivated was precisely tomorrow person of the body implored .
- 2. The settlers carved out a new nation from the uncultivated country .
- 3. A wild , uncultivated , and uninhabited region .
- 4. I leave uncultivated today , was precisely yesterday perishes tomorrow which .
- 5. An unsettled , uncultivated region left in its natural condition , especially .