unfarmed
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4.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfɑrmd/
- After years of being left unfarmed, the fields are now thriving with native plants.
Examples
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The government designated a section of land as unfarmed to protect its natural habitat.
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What is the value of that unfarmed land?
Academic text (2018) -
Unfarmed country was a desert.
Academic text (1992) -
That unfarmed land is home to many wildflowers and wildlife.
Synonyms
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6.5
Land or property left in its natural state and not developed
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5.1
Land that is not prepared for growing crops
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3.3
Land with no seeds or plants growing on it
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4.1
Not related to farming or growing crops
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6.1
Land that has not been planted with crops
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7.4
Land not planted with seeds
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6.3
Land that people do not use for growing crops
Land that has not been ploughed or used for farming
Antonyms
How Farmed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unfarmed = farmed (transparent) = un + farm + ed
Derived by adding the productive negating prefix 'un-' to 'farmed', so the meaning 'not used for farming' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Unfarmed is built from the negative un- ('not') and farm (the land a farmer uses). So it literally means 'not used for farming', which is why unfarmed fields are not planted and often have wildflowers and tall grass.