uncultivated

Example Sentences

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Some plots lie uncultivated, while thin lines of grass grown as animal fodder weave between vegetables to stretch scarce inputs.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

The majority of attacks took place in the northern region where there is swathes of uncultivated land and some of the country's largest farms.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2023

The continent’s potential is evident in one statistic: Africa has 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023

In less than five minutes the spot of earth which I identified with the best of all possible worlds was gone, lost within the wild uncultivated countryside.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison