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uncivilized

 [uhn-siv-uh-lahyzd]   Origin

un·civ·i·lized

   [uhn-siv-uh-lahyzd]
adjective
not civilized or cultured; barbarous.
Origin:
1600–10; un-1 + civilized

Related forms
un·civ·i·liz·ed·ly  [uhn-siv-uh-lahy-zid-lee, -lahyzd-] , adverb
un·civ·i·liz·ed·ness, noun
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uncivilized or uncivilised (ʌnˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd)
 
—adj
1.  (of a tribe or people) not yet civilized, esp preliterate
2.  lacking culture or sophistication
 
uncivilised or uncivilised
 
—adj
 
uncivilizedly or uncivilised
 
—adv
 
uncivilisedly or uncivilised
 
—adv
 
un'civilizedness or uncivilised
 
—n
 
un'civilisedness or uncivilised
 
—n

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uncivilized
1607, "barbarous," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of civilize. Uncivil in the same sense is recorded from 1553; it later came to mean "impolite" (1591).
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