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as in uninhabited
existing without human habitation or cultivation
miles of uncultivated land that had never been touched by a plow or an ax
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as in vulgar
lacking in refinement or good taste
an uncultivated and ignorant philistine who cared only about money
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as in barbarian
not civilized
an uncultivated age when people lived just to meet their day-to-day needs
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Recent Examples of uncultivated
When the sprouts are big enough, they are transplanted in uncultivated lands around their town owned or rented by the family.
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Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
The land had a decrepit stone barn, an oak forest, and a few small, uncultivated plots.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
Untended roadsides and medians, abandoned construction areas and uncultivated spaces in urban and suburban areas are all perfect sites for seed bombing, especially if there are weeds or invasive species already growing there, providing proof the land is fertile.
—Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
Early definitions of this word, dating back to about 1525, referred to plants growing uncultivated in the wild.
—Miles Marshall Lewis, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
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Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
The land had a decrepit stone barn, an oak forest, and a few small, uncultivated plots.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
Untended roadsides and medians, abandoned construction areas and uncultivated spaces in urban and suburban areas are all perfect sites for seed bombing, especially if there are weeds or invasive species already growing there, providing proof the land is fertile.
—Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
Early definitions of this word, dating back to about 1525, referred to plants growing uncultivated in the wild.
—Miles Marshall Lewis, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncultivated
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Mauro Morandi, whose 32-year sojourn on an uninhabited Mediterranean island led to his being known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, died on Jan. 3 in Modena, Italy.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The other nine—Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island and Navassa Island—are uninhabited outlying islands.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Her involuntary outbursts cause Dupree to shout a number of things, such as comments about people around her and more vulgar language.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Nearly 100% of the first film’s grosses were made in the U.S. — so few expected the spooky sequel about a vulgar poltergeist to connect in the territories across the pond and beyond this time around either.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
18 Dec. 2024
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Yet the real struggle between red and blue bears little resemblance to the flamboyant melodrama narrated by partisans, in which each side fights to defend humanity against a barbarian horde.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Oct. 2024
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Steve muses, as the clip cuts to barbarian humanoid pigs attacking a city.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Nov. 2024
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Listen to this article After years of controversy over the future of the Park Hill Golf Course, city officials say the vast piece of undeveloped land in northeast Denver will open to the public as a park this summer under the terms of a land-swap deal with the developer that owns the site.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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In the early hours of Jan. 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was brutally murdered and then left on the side of the road in an undeveloped Los Angeles neighborhood.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Joella deluge begins when Lana calls her out at the beginning of the episode for being rude during Untucked about her song.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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To chastise you for attending to his mistake and then act as though your laundry were now tainted is rude and hypocritical.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The fact that goalie masks still have this individuality to put creativity and color that doesn’t even necessarily match is wild to me.—
Jesse Granger,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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The South is being targeted by a major winter storm, most of the nation remains gripped by brutal cold, and high winds threaten to fan the flames of killer blazes in Southern California on Tuesday as the U.S. grapples with wild winter weather.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Americans pushed 1000s of miles through a rugged land of untamed wilderness.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Americans push thousands of miles through a rugged land of untamed wilderness.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump — with his crass words and absurd policy proposals — has had progressives playing defense for nearly the last decade.—
Brea Baker,
refinery29.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Of course, with Burr, there’s still plenty of lines crossed and joyously crass humor.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Uncultivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncultivated. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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