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Meaning of uncultivate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.

rare, transitive

Examples

“May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!”
“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 […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

uncultivates uncultivating uncumber uncumbered uncumbering uncumbers

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