uncontacted

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adjective

Not contacted.

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Meanings

adjectiveuncontacted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot contacted.

    This week the federal police and the government’s environmental protection agency are to remove hundreds of illegal settlers who invaded the Uru Eu Wau Wau indigenous territory in Rondonia, where uncontacted groups live.

    2007 January 18, Reuters, “More Isolated Indians Survive in Amazon Rain Forest, but Face Peril”, in The New York Times
  2. not comparableanthropologyWithout regular contact with non-tribal societies.

    There have been other encounters with uncontacted tribes in recent years.

    2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
noncontacted

Origin

From un- + contacted.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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