uncult

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adjective

Not cultivated; rude; illiterate.

OriginLatin cultus →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncult (comparative more uncult, superlative most uncult)

comparative more uncult · superlative most uncult

  1. rareNot cultivated; rude; illiterate.

    I would not be happy with the uncult.

    1976, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Linda Allardt, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, page 481
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    From the above, it is clear that this type of divorce is mainly used by the uncult members of the public with very little or no formal education .

    1999, Lawrence Nicholas Asokomhe, Avoid the Birth of Sicklers: A Public Enlightenment Campaign Against Sickle Cell Disease in the African Community, page 57

Origin

  1. Latincultus
  2. Englishuncult

From un- (“not”) + Latin cultus, past participle of colere (“to cultivate”). Compare incult.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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