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uncivilised

uncivilised is the alternative spelling of uncivilized.

uncivilised is the simple past and past participle of uncivilise.

Meaning of uncivilized

Adjective

uncivilized (comparative more uncivilized, superlative most uncivilized)

  1. Not having developed a civilization.
    • The explorers wrote about the so-called uncivilized tribes.
  2. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
    • utterly uncivilized
  3. Lacking good manners.
    • uncivilized behavior

Forms of uncivilised

comparativemore uncivilised
superlativemost uncivilised

Questions about uncivilised

What is uncivilised the alternative spelling of?
Uncivilised is the alternative spelling of uncivilized.

Words near uncivilised in the dictionary

  1. uncivil
  2. uncivil war
  3. uncivilisable
  4. uncivilisation
  5. uncivilise
  6. uncivilised
  7. uncivilisedly
  8. uncivilisedness
  9. uncivilises
  10. uncivilising
  11. uncivilities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncivilised (page history and authors); uncivilized (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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