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uncontacted

uncontacted

1 8.8
People who have never met or spoken with outsiders
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkɒntæktɪd/
translation icon : no contactado
  • It's like the… you know, what is it they call 'em, the… the, uh, uncontacted tribes.
  • uncontacted tribes
  • uncontacted people

Why don't we try to elevate those uncontacted tribes?

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Examples

  • Why don't we try to elevate those uncontacted tribes?

  • So uncontacted tribes, what do you find most fascinating about them?

  • Obviously he he was also saying that you know how there's those uncontacted tribes there?

  • If Pioneer had never been built, nor some similar Q-space ship in the future, humanity would probably have remained isolated and uncontacted.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The uncontacted tribes have lived in isolation for centuries, avoiding any interaction with the modern world.

  • Researchers are studying the uncontacted communities to learn about their unique cultures and lifestyles without intruding.

  • Many uncontacted groups remain hidden in dense forests, living as they have for generations, without outside influence.

Synonyms

isolated
vsuncontacted
78 4.2

Feeling separated from other people and having little contact

refers to lacking communication with outside groups specifically
unacquainted with
vsuncontacted
1 6.7

Not knowing about something because you have no experience with it

means having had no communication or interaction with outside groups
unvisited
vsuncontacted
1 4.1

Something that no one has seen before

describes lack of prior contact or communication with outside groups

Antonyms

826 1.2

Communicating with or staying in touch with someone

How Connected

integrated
1 4.2
connected
2.5
uncontacted
1 8.8
isolated
  • Specialized
1 3.8

Surface Forms

uncontacted positive

Morphology

uncontacted = contacted (transparent) = un + contact + ed

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to 'contacted', yielding a regular negation meaning 'not contacted'.

Etymology

The word uncontacted is made of un- meaning 'not' and contact meaning 'touch or communication'. Think of a village that has never had a visitor or a letter and so has no contact with the outside world — that is what uncontacted people are.