Meaning

3 senses
  1. Not having developed a civilization.

    The explorers wrote about the so-called uncivilized tribes.

  2. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.

    utterly uncivilized

    They described the practice as uncivilized.

    нецивилизованныйnecivilizovannyj

  3. Lacking good manners.

    uncivilized behavior

More definitions
  • without civilizing influences

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Those who use forks or chopsticks often think people who don't are uncivilized.

    Ті, хто користуються виделками або паличками, часто думають, що ті, хто ними не користується - нецивілізовані.

    deLeute, die Gabeln oder Stäbchen benutzen, denken oft, dass die, die das nicht tun, unzivilisiert sind.

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  2. Is using fingers uncivilized?

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  3. There are still uncivilized lands.

    deEs gibt immer noch unzivilisierte Länder.

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  4. Humans are uncivilized.

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  5. That's rather uncivilized.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured:

Origin

From un- + civilized.

From un- + civilized.

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Forms

more uncivilized, most uncivilized
Comparativemore uncivilized Lesson
Superlativemost uncivilized Lesson

regular

Synonyms

53 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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