uncultivate

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verb

To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.

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Meanings

verbuncultivate (third-person singular simple present uncultivates, present participle uncultivating, simple past and past participle uncultivated)

present singular third person uncultivates · participle present uncultivating · participle past uncultivated · past uncultivated

  1. raretransitiveTo undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.

    May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!

    1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age
    1 more example

    To uncultivate is to encourage the transformation from one state to another, just like cultivation, except that it seeks its opposite horizon. It seeks to peel back the layers of cultivation […]

    2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated, page 67

Origin

From un- + cultivate.

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APA

uncultivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultivate

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“uncultivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultivate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncultivate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultivate.

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