undomesticated
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- adjective
- /ˌʌn.dəʊˈmɛs.tɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
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salvaje
- But they also could represent the not-quite-socialized, amoral yet potent forces of undomesticated nature—forces drawn upon by others for witchcraft or for rituals of strengthening.
- undomesticated animal
Examples
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JAKE: Hello, wild undomesticated.
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But like all animals, domesticated or undomesticated, still have instinct like us.
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Wild, undomesticated turkeys of the past...
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I felt a vague sense of the kind of terror one might feel if he were suddenly to discover that he had been living for years with an undomesticated and dangerous animal.
Fiction book (1996) -
The undomesticated horses roamed freely across the open plains, living in their natural state.
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Scientists study undomesticated animals to understand their behaviors in the wild.
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An undomesticated wolf is unlikely to approach humans, as it has not been tamed or trained.
Synonyms
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3.8
In a natural state that people do not tame, like wild animals or places
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Living in the wild, not kept or tamed by people
Not tamed and living in the wild like wolves
Wild and difficult to control
Partly wild and not fully tamed or controlled
Antonyms
How Tame
Surface Forms
Morphology
undomesticated = domesticated (transparent) = un + domesticate + ed
The prefix 'un-' simply negates the adjective 'domesticated' meaning 'tamed', yielding 'not tamed'.
Etymology
Undomesticated is made of the parts un- 'not' and domus 'home', and it is related to domesticate which means 'to make fit for home'. So, undomesticated describes animals or plants that are not tamed and still live in the wild.