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un⋅civ⋅i⋅lized

[uhn-siv-uh-lahyzd]
–adjective
not civilized or cultured; barbarous.

Origin:
1600–10; un- 1 + civilized


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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un·civ·i·lized   (ŭn-sĭv'ə-līzd')   
adj.  Not civilized; barbarous.
un·civ'i·liz'ed·ly (-lī'zĭd-lē, -līzd'lē) adv.
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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