uncultured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He was derided as a snob when he suggested, in a few statements over the years, that he had to dumb down his work for uncultured audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Bogan, a term which first emerged in Australia in the 1980s, initially meant an "unsophisticated and uncultured person" with negative connotations, but not for Louis.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Specifically, genetic data from uncultured aquatic microbial species were compiled for this study.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024
“He’s too immature and uncultured to really represent this district,” added Watson, a retired attorney and Army colonel.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
As a result of the publicity about his schooling, or lack thereof, Fischer was beginning to be thought of as a nyeculturni by the Russians, unschooled and uncultured, and they began to tease him.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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