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undomesticated

adjective un·do·mes·ti·cat·ed \ ən-də-ˈme-sti-ˌkā-təd \

Definition of undomesticated

:not domesticated

an undomesticated plant

undomesticated relatives of the house cat

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The last surviving subspecies of undomesticated horse, extinct in the wild for nearly 50 years, is making a slow recovery in Mongolia.

— gary strauss, National Geographic, "A Wild Horse on the Comeback Trail," 17 Nov. 2016

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First Known Use of undomesticated

1834

undomesticated Synonyms

Synonyms

feral, savage, unbroken, wild, untamed, wilding

Antonyms

broken, busted, domestic, domesticated, gentled, tame, tamed

Related Words

uncontrolled, undocile, unsubdued, untrained; bestial, brutal, brute; barbarous, uncivilized

Near Antonyms

controlled, docile, familiar, semidomesticated, subdued, submissive; halterbroken, housebroken, trained; civilized, semicivilized, socialized

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