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uncultivate

uncultivate verb: to undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.

Verb

uncultivate (third-person singular simple present uncultivates, present participle uncultivating, simple past and past participle uncultivated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.
    • May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age
    • To uncultivate is to encourage the transformation from one state to another, just like cultivation, except that it seeks its opposite horizon. It seeks to peel back the layers of cultivation […]2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated, page 67

Forms of uncultivate

third-person singular presentuncultivates
present participleuncultivating
past participleuncultivated
pastuncultivated

Origin of uncultivate

From un- + cultivate.

Questions about uncultivate

What does uncultivate mean?
Uncultivate means to undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.
What part of speech is uncultivate?
Uncultivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncultivate?
The past tense of uncultivate is uncultivated.

Words near uncultivate in the dictionary

  1. uncult.
  2. unculted
  3. uncultivability
  4. uncultivable
  5. uncultivatable
  6. uncultivate
  7. uncultivated
  8. uncultivatedness
  9. uncultivates
  10. uncultivating
  11. uncultivation

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