untilled
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6.6
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtɪld/
- The wildlife thrived in the untilled areas where no crops had been planted for many years.
Examples
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The cailles and gardens seemed to press close to one another, and in places quite untilled earth was being farmed.
Academic text (1990) -
Mark drove us back to untilled acres of the farm, where the brothers had once grown their marijuana.
Fiction book (1993) -
Crows flew, cawing high above the untilled fields.
Fiction book (1990) -
Gordo had fashioned for them on some untilled land that belonged to Mayor Argente's family.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tumbleweeds now filled the untilled cotton fields; the pecan trees bloomed and dropped their husky nuts and spread their summer canopy without interference.
Fiction book (1991) -
Prairie dogs build new colonies on untilled and unirrigated fields, dig up corn seed, and eat vegetable transplants and alfalfa on adjacent farms.
Academic text (2018) -
The crows flew over the vast, untilled fields, searching for food among the weeds.
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After years of neglect, the farmer finally decided to plant crops on the untilled land.
Synonyms
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5.7
Left unplanted for a season so the soil can recover
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6.2
Land that is not turned over to make the soil ready for planting
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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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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
Antonyms
How Cultivated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word untilled comes from un- 'not' and till 'to prepare the soil', so it means land that was not plowed or made ready for crops. That's why an untilled field often has wild flowers and weeds.