incultivation

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noun

Lack of cultivation.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounincultivation (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLack of cultivation.

    Inhabited by wild beasts, and in that state of incultivation, which nature, in her luxuriant fancies, loves to form, it was of no value to its proprietors.

    1793, Joseph Berington, The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa

Origin

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APA

incultivation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incultivation

MLA

“incultivation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incultivation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incultivation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incultivation.

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