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- [uhn-kuhl-cher]
- /ʌnˈkʌl tʃər/
- /ˈʌnˈkʌlʧəd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-kuhl-cher]
- /ʌnˈkʌl tʃər/
Definitions of uncultured word
- noun uncultured the lack or absence of culture: Much modern fiction is a product of unculture. 1
- adjective uncultured not sophisticated, uneducated 1
- adjective uncultured If you describe someone as uncultured, you are critical of them because they do not seem to know much about art, literature, and other cultural topics. 0
- adjective uncultured lacking good taste, manners, upbringing, and education 0
- adjective uncultured Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement. 0
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Origin of uncultured
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; un-1 + culture
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Parts of speech for Uncultured
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
uncultured popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
uncultured usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for uncultured
adj uncultured
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
- barbarian — In former times, barbarians were people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
adjective uncultured
- gross — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- inerudite — Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.
- nescient — lack of knowledge; ignorance.
- nonliterate — preliterate.
- outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
Antonyms for uncultured
adj uncultured
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- bred — Bred is the past tense and past participle of breed.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- couth — If you say that someone has couth, you mean that they have good manners and sophistication.
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