Meanings
comparative more uncultural · superlative most uncultural
- Not cultural.
The first variate is characterized by second-person utterances that refer to the addressee as being aggressive and uncultural.
1984, Han Bonarius, Personality Psychology in Europe: Theoretical and empirical developments, Swets & Zeitlinger, →ISBN, page 752 more examples
To spend the day playing the flute or harp in the face of such a crying need and when no men were available would be a most uncultural and inartistic mal-development of man's potentialities.
1926, Axel Brett, A Critical Approach to an Esthetic Theory, page 23There are cultural and uncultural ways of teaching all subjects, and the subjects which it is desirable to teach depend on the structure of the society in which men and women are to live, or the things they are called upon to do.
1944, South Indian Teacher - Volumes 17-19, page 136
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcultural
- Englishuncultural
Translations
Danish ukulturel, kulturløs
- ukulturelTranslations
- kulturløsTranslations
Finnish sivistymätön
- sivistymätönTranslations
German unkulturell, kulturlos
- unkulturellTranslations
- kulturlosTranslations
Hindi असांस्कृतिक
- असांस्कृतिक (asānskŕtik)Translations
Cite this entry
uncultural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultural
“uncultural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultural. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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