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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncultivated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
un-cul-ti-vat-ed
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.

adj

Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge

adj

Not attended to or fostered.

Example Sentences

  • "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."

Etymology

From un- + cultivated.

Inflected Forms

more uncultivated (comparative) most uncultivated (superlative)

Derived Forms

uncultivatedness

Synonyms

unrefined uncultured uncivilized benighted cimmerian clueless foolish ignorant ill-informed illiterate innocent lack-learning

Questions

What does uncultivated mean?
Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
Where does uncultivated come from?
From un- + cultivated.

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