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incultivation

incultivation noun: lack of cultivation.

Noun

incultivation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Lack of cultivation.
    • Inhabited by wild beasts, and in that state of incultivation, which nature, in her luxuriant fancies, loves to form, it was of no value to its proprietors.1793, Joseph Berington, The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa

Origin of incultivation

From in- + cultivation.

Questions about incultivation

What does incultivation mean?
Incultivation means lack of cultivation.
What part of speech is incultivation?
Incultivation is a noun.

Words near incultivation in the dictionary

  1. inculpation
  2. inculpations
  3. inculpatory
  4. incult
  5. incultivated
  6. incultivation
  7. inculturate
  8. inculturated
  9. inculturates
  10. inculturating
  11. inculturation

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