uncultivated

Thân thiện

The farmer surveyed the uncultivated field beyond the fence.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes: Describes a person, their manners, or their preferences as lacking refinement, education, or sophistication.
   • Lacking art or knowledge: Describes a person as unrefined or uneducated in the arts or general knowledge.
   • Not prepared for raising crops: Describes land or fields that are wild, undeveloped, or not used for agriculture.

Usage Examples

• Describing a person or tastes:
  • His uncultivated remarks at the art gallery revealed his unfamiliarity with modern sculpture.
  • She found his taste in music to be rather uncultivated.
• Describing land:
  • The farm bordered a vast stretch of uncultivated wilderness.
  • They hoped to turn the uncultivated field into a productive vineyard.

Advanced Usage

• "uncultivated mind": Refers to an intellect that has not been developed or educated.
  • The philosopher argued that an uncultivated mind was a terrible thing to waste.
• "remain uncultivated": Often used in agricultural or environmental contexts to describe land left in its natural state.
  • Due to the poor soil quality, the hillside remained uncultivated for decades.

Variants and Related Words

• Uncultured (adj): Lacking good taste, manners, or education. (Often used interchangeably with the personal sense of 'uncultivated').
  • His uncultured behavior was embarrassing at the formal dinner.
• Uncultivable (adj): (Of land) Not capable of being cultivated.
  • The rocky terrain was deemed uncultivable.
• Cultivate (v): The root verb meaning to prepare and use land for crops, or to try to acquire or develop a quality, skill, or knowledge.

Synonyms

• Unrefined: Lacking sophistication or good taste.
• Uneducated: Having or showing little or no formal education.
• Untilled: (Specifically for land) Not plowed or farmed.
• Wild: (Of land) In its natural state; not cultivated.

Antonyms

• Cultivated: Refined and well-educated; (of land) prepared for crops.
• Sophisticated: Having or showing much worldly knowledge and refinement.
• Arable: (Of land) Suitable for growing crops.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
   • lowbrow tastes
2. (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
3. (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
   • uncultivated land

Từ đồng nghĩa

• lowbrow
• lowbrowed
• artless
• uncultured