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UNCULTIVATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncultivated mean?
• UNCULTIVATED (adjective)
The adjective UNCULTIVATED has 3 senses:
1. (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
2. (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
3. characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
Familiarity information: UNCULTIVATED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
Context example:
uncultivated land
Similar:
uncultivable; uncultivatable (not suitable for cultivation or tilling)
Antonym:
cultivated ((of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of persons) lacking art or knowledge
Synonyms:
artless; uncultivated; uncultured
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
Synonyms:
lowbrow; lowbrowed; uncultivated
Context example:
lowbrow tastes
Similar:
nonintellectual (not intellectual)
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