uncultivated

Examples

• All

• Our yard had sprawling maples and some oak trees, and a large part of it remained uncultivated.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Pastureland covers nearly a quarter of the country, and 150 million acres of arable land remain uncultivated, promising enormous potential for increasing agricultural production in a nation that is already the world's fourth-largest food exporter.

  Academic text (2010)

• Fields were to be left uncultivated.

  Academic text (1997)

• In Greenland, the soil was fresh and uncultivated, as farmers had never lived here.

  Academic text (1998)

• Such investments can help protect uncultivated lands by increasing yields on those already cleared.

  Academic text (1994)

• Sixty percent of the world's uncultivated arable land is in Africa.

  Blog text (19)

• Behind them, Lando saw flat, uncultivated ground, the dark clustering of the town, and the white-capped mountains beyond.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Uncultivated land unclaimed by local descent groups was the chief's to allocate to those who needed it.

  Academic text (1998)

• The farmers decided to leave some areas uncultivated to allow the soil to regain its nutrients.

• The government aims to convert uncultivated fields into productive agricultural land to boost food production.

Synonyms

F

fallow

vsuncultivated

3 5.7

Left unplanted for a season so the soil can recover

is simply unused or unprepared land, not necessarily left for restoration

U

unimproved

vsuncultivated

2 6.5

Land or property left in its natural state and not developed

is specifically about land not prepared or used for crop growing

U

unplowed

vsuncultivated

• US

1 6.2

Land that is not turned over to make the soil ready for planting

is broader, covering any lack of preparation or crop use not only plowing

U

untilled

vsuncultivated

1 6.6

Land not plowed or used for growing crops

covers lack of any preparation or actual crop use rather than just plowing

U

unplanted

vsuncultivated

1 3.3

Land with no seeds or plants growing on it

is broader, meaning not prepared or used for crops in general

U

uncropped

vsuncultivated

6.3

Land that people do not use for growing crops

is the general idea of land not prepared or used for crops

U

unfarmed

vsuncultivated

4.2

Land people do not use for growing crops or keeping animals

focuses on lack of planting or preparation specifically for crops

U

unploughed area

vsuncultivated

• UK

6.3

Land that has not been ploughed or used for farming

is the wider term for land not prepared or used for crops

U

unseeded

vsuncultivated

6.1

Land that has not been planted with crops

includes that state but also other reasons for no crop preparation

U

unsown

vsuncultivated

7.4

Land not planted with seeds

is the general idea of land unused for growing crops rather than only seeding

Antonyms

C

cultivated

3.5

Land prepared by people for growing crops

How Cultivated

tilled land

3.7

cultivated

3.5

to fallow

5.1

uncultivated

1 5.1

untilled

1 6.6

wild

142 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology