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uncivilisable

uncivilisable is the alternative form of uncivilizable.

Meaning of uncivilizable

Adjective

uncivilizable (not comparable)

  1. Incapable of being civilized.
    • This conceptual change allowed the Indian as tractable heathen to be rather rapidly replaced by the Indian as uncivilizable savage.2004, John McWilliams, New England's Crises and Cultural Memory, page 108

Forms of uncivilisable

comparativemore uncivilisable
superlativemost uncivilisable

Origin of uncivilisable

From un- + civilisable.

Questions about uncivilisable

What is uncivilisable the alternative form of?
Uncivilisable is the alternative form of uncivilizable.

Words near uncivilisable in the dictionary

  1. uncity
  2. uncitying
  3. uncivic
  4. uncivil
  5. uncivil war
  6. uncivilisable
  7. uncivilisation
  8. uncivilise
  9. uncivilised
  10. uncivilisedly
  11. uncivilisedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncivilisable (page history and authors); uncivilizable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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