uncultured
adjective
uncultured is spelled U-N-C-U-L-T-U-R-E-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, uncultured means “Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in uncultured?
| Letters | 10: U-N-C-U-L-T-U-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is uncultured?
Uncultured appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of uncultured
- more uncultured comparative
- most uncultured superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uncultured mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine.
- 2
Not cultured or artificially developed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate uncultured?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of uncultured: uncult..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Uncultured in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not cultured:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does uncultured come from?
From un- + cultured.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).