uncultivable
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈkʌltɪvəbəl/
- Due to the harsh climate, the land remains uncultivable and cannot support any farming.
Examples
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Identify appropriate diagnostic tests for antimicrobial drug resistance (e.g., molecular tests for uncultivable or slow-growing bacteria or for organisms in which resistance is linked to a single gene).
Academic text (2014) -
Because of a greatly advanced molecular detection method, molecular-based methods enable the detection of uncultivable EV by using small sample quantities and specific primer sets.
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The scientist studied several species that are known to be uncultivable in laboratory conditions.
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Areas of the desert are often deemed uncultivable because of the lack of water and nutrients.
Synonyms
Not producing good results or crops
Land that cannot grow crops or be farmed
Land that cannot be used to grow crops because the soil is poor
Land that does not grow crops or plants
Antonyms
How Cultivable
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncultivable = cultivable (transparent) = un + cultiv + able
The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the meaning of 'cultivable', making it straightforward.
Etymology
Uncultivable starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from cultivate, which originally meant 'to till' or 'care for' the land and is the same root as culture. So uncultivable describes land you cannot farm or make grow.