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🏢 Not home-related 🦁 Wild, not tamed
nondomestic

nondomestic

1 5.5
Living in the wild, not kept or tamed by people
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.dəˈmɛs.tɪk/
: no doméstico
  • The documentary showcased the behaviors of nondomestic birds living in the rainforest.

Examples

  • Wildlife conservationists study nondomestic species to learn how they survive in their natural habitats.

  • This change is difficult to estimate directly, especially for nondomestic fauna, such as insects and birds.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Animals such as lions and elephants are classified as nondomestic because they live in the wild.

Synonyms

undomesticated
vsnondomestic
1 7.1

Living in the wild and not kept or bred by people

focuses on being wild rather than on lack of breeding for human use
nondomesticated
vsnondomestic
1 7.2

Not tamed and living in the wild like wolves

focuses more on being kept or tamed rather than adaptation to people

Antonyms

domesticated
  • Specialized
13 3.1

Kept or grown by people for food, work and company

How Domestic

domesticated
  • Specialized
13 3.1
nondomestic
1 5.5
wild
131 2.8

Surface Forms

nondomestic positive

Morphology

nondomestic = domestic (semi-transparent) = non + domestic

The form is a simple negative prefixation, but 'domestic' has multiple common senses (home/within-country vs tamed), so learners may be uncertain which sense applies to animals.

Etymology

The word nondomestic is made from non- 'not' and domestic 'of the home' or 'tame'. So it means 'not of the home', for example animals or plants that live in the wild rather than being kept by people.