untilled

U1N1T1I1L1L1E1D2

adjective

Of land, having not been tilled.

“Spring was upon us and the ground remained untilled.”

Similar
unplowedunploughedunbroken
OriginEnglish tilled ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuntilled (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf land, having not been tilled.

    Spring was upon us and the ground remained untilled.

    1 more example

    The Emerald City was soon left far behind. As they advanced the ground became rougher and hillier, for there were no farms nor houses in this country of the West, and the ground was untilled.

    1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot plowed or harrowed or hoed

Similar
unplowedunploughedunbroken
Also see
unbrokenunploughed

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. Englishtilled
  9. Englishuntilled

From un- + tilled.

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Translations

Māori papatua
  • papatuanot having been tilled - of land

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lentulid
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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