incultivate

adjective

in·​cul·​ti·​vate

(ˈ)in¦kəltəˌvāt

variants or less commonly incultivated

-ātə̇d

archaic

: uncultivated

Word History

Etymology

incultivate, from in- entry 1 + Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare to cultivate; incultivated, from in- entry 1 + cultivated

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