Uncultivated

Word UNCULTIVATED
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Definitions and meanings of "Uncultivated"

What do we mean by uncultivated?

Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods. adjective

Socially unpolished, uncultured, or unrefined. adjective

Not cultivated, in any sense of that word.

Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation. adjective

Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge; unrefined; uncultured; uncivilized. adjective

Not attended to or fostered. adjective

(of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops adjective

(of persons) lacking art or knowledge adjective

Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes adjective

Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.

Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge

Not attended to or fostered.

Having not yet been induced into a cult Urban Dictionary

Unpolished and not classy. Mannerless and lacking taste Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Uncultivated

The word "uncultivated" in example sentences

In San Andrés isolated trees and small localized groups of trees survive, apart from secondary bushy vegetation in uncultivated areas or forming an irregular undergrowth among the crops of coconut palm, while there are some remnants of the forest in the central massif of Providencia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As I have already said, we had from the beginning felt called especially for itinerating work, the work of looking out new fields and preparing the way for other laborers, the work of preparing the soil in uncultivated regions, that by twos and threes, and in greater numbers when God's time arrived, the sowers of the Word might come to dark Tibet to scatter the seed unto a glorious harvest. ❋ Unknown (1901)

The villages were abandoned, and the land lay around in uncultivated wastes. ❋ Unknown (1875)

Job wrote his epic poem in a state of society which we should probably term uncultivated; and when Lamech gave utterance to the most ancient and the saddest of human lyrics, the world was in its infancy, and it would appear as if the first artificer in "brass and iron" had only helped to make homicide more easy. ❋ Mary Frances Cusack (1864)

In this respect, the Persians, Turks, and the so-called uncultivated people, are much more generous than we are. ❋ Ida Pfeiffer (1827)

But the difference between the states does not appear to me so great as the gentleman imagines; and I beg leave to say, that in proportion to the increase of population, the southern states will have greater weight than the northern, as they have such large quantities of land still uncultivated, which is not so much the case to the north. ❋ 1788 (1788)

Ignored was that local law stipulated that "uncultivated" land could be owned by individuals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And those who possess or have cultivated in themselves this fine moral sentiment of unselfishness, justice, and considerateness, will be surrounded by an atmosphere of culture though their dwelling-place be an uncarpeted cabin, while those who lack this restraining grace will be "uncultivated" though their surroundings afford every comfort, beauty, and luxury. ❋ Helen Ekin Starrett (N/A)

It is only the ill-bred, that is, the uncultivated imagination that will amuse itself where it ought to worship and work. " ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

"uncultivated" people, these "illiterates," in order to aid these "ignorant natives," we robbed them, the gentlemen who "had worked so hard," Look how we took what they had worked so hard for to give it to the idlers! ❋ Unknown (1961)

Some leaders of Reconstruction wanted to give land to the freedmen, in part because they knew that nothing disciplines a person faster or more thoroughly than handing them a portion of uncultivated earth from which they must produce all of their livelihood. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

With sub-Saharan Africa estimated to hold up to 60% of the world's remaining uncultivated land suitable for farming, the region's agriculture is starting to look an interesting investment. ❋ Caroline Henshaw (2010)

Grocery stores and khadarjis did not usually carry these greens—they were too uncultivated, too ephemeral. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

Our yard had sprawling maples and some oak trees, and a large part of it remained uncultivated. ❋ V.C.Andrews (2011)

Africa accounts for 60% of the world's arable but uncultivated land, and although 70% of Africans are involved in agriculture, the continent still faces considerable hunger and malnutrition. ❋ Daniel W. Yohannes (2011)

Investors are scrambling to put their money into Africa, lured not just by the mineral wealth and uncultivated arable land, but by an astonishingly young population – nearly two-thirds of the people living there are under the age of 24 – which is increasingly educated and has money to spend on consumer products. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In Maryland an experimental program of allowing strips of uncultivated native grasses alongside of cultivated fields, (combined with a more judicious and moderate use of agricultural chemicals). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The [newbies] [on the ground] [floor] are uncultivated. Here we perform exorcisms. ❋ JeanneInABottle (2010)

She portrayed [uncultivated] [behaviour] during [the party]. ❋ Leyla.1ssk (2022)

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