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uncultivating

uncultivating is the present participle and gerund of uncultivate.

Meaning of uncultivate

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

Questions about uncultivating

What is uncultivating the present participle and gerund of?
Uncultivating is the present participle and gerund of uncultivate.

Words near uncultivating in the dictionary

  1. uncultivatable
  2. uncultivate
  3. uncultivated
  4. uncultivatedness
  5. uncultivates
  6. uncultivating
  7. uncultivation
  8. unculturability
  9. unculturable
  10. uncultural
  11. unculturality

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