Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncultured

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables
un-cul-tured
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine.

adj

Not cultured or artificially developed.

Etymology

From un- + cultured.

Inflected Forms

more uncultured (comparative) most uncultured (superlative)

Derived Forms

unculturedness

Synonyms

benighted unenlightened barbarous uncivilized cimmerian clueless foolish ignorant ill-informed illiterate innocent lack-learning

Antonyms

cultured

Questions

What does uncultured mean?
Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine.
Where does uncultured come from?
From un- + cultured.

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