undomesticated
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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"We can use these modern tools to domesticate undomesticated crops."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026
The species was thought to be extinct in the wild until the early 20th century when a supposedly undomesticated population was found in western China.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 4, 2023
I was completely undomesticated — I mean, I lived with a bare bulb in the ceiling and a few chairs, and I only thought about making work, and that was it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
This cultural transition has made it difficult for humans to recognize their dependence on undomesticated living things on the planet.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The disquietude he felt on Katahdin’s granite heights inspired some of his most powerful writing and profoundly colored the way he thought thereafter about the earth in its coarse, undomesticated state.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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