Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of uncivilized Roxane Gay: For all our cultural obsession with civility, there is nothing more uncivilized than the political establishment’s acceptance of the constancy of mass shootings. New York Times, 26 May 2022 Sure, the song (apparently written about writer Quentin Crisp) is just about the alienating sense of being an outsider, of having people judge you for your accent or aspiring to civility in an uncivilized land. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2022 The Qing emperors themselves were not Han either, but Manchu, a people from the other side of the Great Wall who had traditionally been regarded as uncivilized nomads. Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 There is only one religion in uncivilized society, and that is Kendall Roy. Natalie Lin, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2021 See All Example Sentences for uncivilized
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncivilized
Adjective
  • Bailey plays half-elf ranger Vex, O’Brien is her twin brother Vax, Willingham is the lovable barbarian Grog, Johnson is the holy gnome cleric Pike, Jaffe is the royal gunslinger Percy, Ray is magical half-elf druid Keyleth and Riegel is the raunchy gnome bard Scanlan.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
  • The economy will not thrive on backward, barbarian technologies and our babies will suffer from the burden of debt, bad air and blackouts.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Crowd in New York has been bordered on rude; embarrassing!
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Protecting speech for all requires great tolerance for the vulgar, rude, offensive, angry, mean and, yes, even hateful.
    The Detroit News Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023, and took more than 250 hostages in a savage attack.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Hamas are a bunch of savage animals.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Since 2020, the center has cared for 16 mountain lions as well as thousands of other wild animals from baby songbirds to coyotes to bears.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The second is for wild rubber, which consists of working with some 3,000 families that live in the middle of the Amazon forest.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Unique camping options include wooden platform sites and primitive tent areas, plus cabins for overnight stays.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The Coming Labor Revolution Makes Events Essential The next five years will bring changes that make today’s AI implementations look primitive.
    Shawn Pierce, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, a man dressed as a cop shot two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, killing the DFL speaker of the House and her husband in a barbarous (and politically motivated) atrocity.
    Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 14 June 2025
  • The barbarous relic has glittered amidst the financial carnage.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The origins of that industry really are self-help cults from the '70s that use these really kind of barbaric behavioral therapy modification programs.
    Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • To be clear, political violence is barbaric and horrifying.
    Billy Eichner, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Uncivilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncivilized. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on uncivilized

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!