Standard Lemma guide

uncultivated

adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unrefined, uncultured, uncivilized, benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish, ignorant, ill-informed, illiterate, innocent, lack-learning, lay, lewd, loreless, nescient, oblivious, philistine, tenebrose, unaware, uncultivated, uneducated, unenlightened, unerudite, uninformed, unknowing, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlearnt, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unscholarly, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored, unwitting, animalistic, barbarian, barbaric, barbarious, barbarous, brutal, brutish, Gothic, Gothlike, grim, heathen, heathenish, heathenly, heathenous, incivil, pagan, savage, truculent, uncivil, uncouth, uplandish, wolfish

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not attended to or fostered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

(of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • uncultivated land

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: cultivated

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • lowbrow tastes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lowbrow, lowbrowed

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

(of persons) lacking art or knowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: artless, uncultured

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + cultivated.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неразоран (nerazoran) — not cultivated (land)
  • Bulgarian: неразработен (nerazraboten) — not cultivated (land)
  • Dutch: onbebouwd — not cultivated (land)
  • Friulian: pustot — not cultivated (land)
  • Hindi: बीहड़ (bīhaṛ) — not cultivated (land)
  • Hindi: बंजर (bañjar) — not cultivated (land)
  • Irish: fódbhán — not cultivated (land)
  • Italian: incolto — not cultivated (land)
  • Latin: rudis — not cultivated (land)
  • Māori: toitū — not cultivated (land)
  • Māori: papatua — not cultivated (land)
  • Portuguese: inculto — not cultivated (land)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàs — not cultivated (land)
  • Slovak: neobrobený — not cultivated (land)
  • Slovak: nekultivovaný — not cultivated (land)
  • Spanish: inculto — not cultivated (land)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیر (kır) — not cultivated (land)
  • Dutch: onbeschaafd — uncivilized
  • Hindi: बीहड़ (bīhaṛ) — uncivilized
  • Italian: incolto — uncivilized
  • Italian: incivile — uncivilized
  • Italian: ignorante — uncivilized
  • Italian: rozzo — uncivilized
  • Polish: nieobyty — uncivilized
  • Polish: niewyrobiony — uncivilized
  • Slovak: nekultivovaný — uncivilized