unploughed

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adjective

Unturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass).

Similar
unplowedunbrokenfallowuntilled
OriginEnglish ploughed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunploughed (not comparable)

alternative unplowed

  1. not comparableUnturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass).
  2. figurativelynot comparableUnexplored or unknown.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of farmland) not plowed

Similar
unplowedunbrokenfallowuntilled
Also see
fallowunbrokenuntilled

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. Englishploughed
  9. Englishunploughed

From un- + ploughed.

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Translations

German ungepflügt
  • ungepflügtunturned with a plough
Latin inaratus
  • inaratusunturned with a plough
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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