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(transitive, rare) To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated..
May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!
To uncultivate is to encourage the transformation from one state to another, just like cultivation, except that it seeks its opposite horizon. It seeks to peel back the layers of cultivation […]
Use uncultivate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Uncultivate means (transitive, rare) To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated..
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May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!
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