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- Dictionaryuncivilized/ʌnˈsɪvɪlʌɪzd/
adjective
- 1. (of a place or people) not socially, culturally, or morally advanced: "they pitied us for leaving the Smoke for such uncivilized remoteness"
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UNCIVILIZED definition: 1. not suitable for a well developed, peaceful society where people are treated fairly: 2. not…. Learn more.
The meaning of UNCIVILIZED is not civilized. How to use uncivilized in a sentence.
Uncivilized definition: not civilized or cultured; barbarous.. See examples of UNCIVILIZED used in a sentence.
UNCIVILIZED meaning: 1. not suitable for a well developed, peaceful society where people are treated fairly: 2. not…. Learn more.
If you describe someone's behaviour as uncivilized, you find it unacceptable, for example because it is very cruel or very rude. [ disapproval ] The campaign has abounded in mutual accusations of uncivilised behaviour.
Uncivilized means wild and barbaric, although people also use it to mean impolite. The uncivilized three-year-olds ate lasagna with their hands and then chased the cat around the house before their parents intervened. If a person is civilized, they behave politely.
(of people or places) not having developed a modern culture and way of life. I have worked in the wildest and most uncivilized parts of the world. opposite civilized. See uncivilized in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: uncivilized. Definition of uncivilized adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
adj. 1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (of a tribe or people) not yet civilized, esp preliterate. 2. lacking culture or sophistication. uncivilizedly, uncivilisedly adv. unˈciviˌlizedness, unˈciviˌlisedness n.
uncivilized. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English un‧civ‧i‧lized (also uncivilised British English) /ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/ adjective 1 behaviour that is uncivilized is rude or socially unacceptable 2 old-fashioned societies that are uncivilized have a very simple way of life, and have not developed social, legal, economic etc ...
If you describe someone's behavior as uncivilized, you find it unacceptable, for example because it is very cruel or very rude.
