uncultivated

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adjective

Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.

Similar
unrefineduncultureduncivilizedbenightedcimmeriancluelessfoolishignorant
Opposite
cultivated
OriginEnglish cultivated ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveuncultivated (comparative more uncultivated, superlative most uncultivated)

comparative more uncultivated · superlative most uncultivated

  1. Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
  2. Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge

    I ſaw you were taken with her, which I ſhould not have expected; for after all, it is but a little uncultivated ruſtic, and ſurely rather ſhewy than handſome.

    1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter X, in The Banished Man. […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 199

    Synonyms: unrefined, uncultured, uncivilized, benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish, ignorant

  3. Not attended to or fostered.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveInadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge

Similar
unrefineduncultureduncivilizedbenightedcimmeriancluelessfoolishignorantill-informedilliterateinnocentlack-learninglaylewdlorelessnescientobliviousphilistinetenebroseunaware

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops

Similar
uncultivableuncultivatable
Opposite
cultivated

adjective(of persons) lacking art or knowledge

Similar
artlessunculturedunrefined

adjectivecharacteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes

Similar
lowbrowlowbrowednonintellectual
Also see
artlessbelatedcrudeheathenignorantlowbrownoncultivatednonintellectualsavageuncivilizeduncultivableuncultivatableunculturedunknowledgeableunlearnedunrefineduntrimmedunwitting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcultivated
  9. Englishuncultivated

From un- + cultivated.

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Translations

Bulgarian неразоран, неразработен
  • неразоран (nerazoran)not cultivated (land)
  • неразработен (nerazraboten)not cultivated (land)
Dutch onbebouwd, onbeschaafd
  • onbebouwdnot cultivated (land)
  • onbeschaafduncivilized
Hindi बीहड़, बंजर
  • बीहड़ (bīhaṛ)not cultivated (land)
  • बंजर (bañjar)not cultivated (land)
  • बीहड़ (bīhaṛ)uncivilized
Irish fódbhán
  • fódbhánnot cultivated (land)
Italian incolto, incolto
  • incoltonot cultivated (land)
  • incoltouncivilized
  • incivileuncivilized
  • ignoranteuncivilized
  • rozzouncivilized
Latin rudis
  • rudisnot cultivated (land)
Māori toitū, papatua
  • toitūnot cultivated (land)
  • papatuanot cultivated (land)
Polish nieobyty, niewyrobiony
  • nieobytyuncivilized
  • niewyrobionyuncivilized
Portuguese inculto
  • incultonot cultivated (land)
Scottish Gaelic fàs
  • fàsnot cultivated (land)
Slovak neobrobený, nekultivovaný
  • neobrobenýnot cultivated (land)
  • nekultivovanýnot cultivated (land)
  • nekultivovanýuncivilized
Spanish inculto
  • incultonot cultivated (land)
Cite this entry
APA

uncultivated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultivated

MLA

“uncultivated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultivated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncultivated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultivated.

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