Inexperienced, inexpert, unskilled. Also: uneducated, unlearned; ignorant; lacking in knowledge or… Of a person. Now usually accompanied by a synonym.

Lacking in culture or sophistication; uncivilized, wild; (also) lacking in learning or understanding; ignorant. In later use also in weakened sense…

Unlearned, rude; rough. archaic. (In quot. 1513 said of spears; cf. boistous, adj., boisterous, adj.)

Of a person: boorish; unsophisticated; = rustic, adj. 2a. Now rare.

Not befitting or of the nature of a free man; not pertaining to or acquainted with the liberal arts (see liberal, adj. n.), without liberal culture…

Of land. transferred. ? Uncultured mentally. Obsolete.

Having the appearance or manners of a country person; esp. (depreciative) lacking in elegance, refinement, or education; boorish; ignorant. Now rare.

Of persons: Ignorant of letters or literature; without book-learning or education; unlettered, unlearned; spec. (in reference to census returns…

Lacking in culture and refinement; rough, unsophisticated.

Of persons, behaviour, etc.: characterized by, exhibiting, or expressive of a disregard or contempt for sacred things (esp., in later use, by the…

Ignorant of propriety. Obsolete. rare.

Uncivilized, coarse; brutal. In later use South African (derogatory): designating a black African from a traditional tribal or rural culture. Now rare…

Clown-like, rude, boorish; uncultivated, ignorant, stupid; awkward, clumsy; rough, coarse.

Uncultured, unsophisticated. Cf. home-bred, adj. 2. Obsolete.

figurative and in figurative contexts. Unpolished, unrefined. Also: (of a person's face or features) strong, angular.

Not refined or elegant in manners or conduct; not civilized or cultured.

Devoid of skill or art. Devoid of the fine or liberal arts; having no desire for or endeavour after artistic effect; uncultured.

Homely or rustic in character; lacking in breadth of experience or knowledge; uncultured, unsophisticated. Now rare.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Of persons, their manners, etc.: Wanting in culture or refinement; inelegant, rough, coarse.

Without learning; uncultured; (also) uninspired.

figurative. Of persons, their faculties, etc.: Not improved by education or training; uncultured.

Uncultivated; uncultured; unpolished, rude.

= uncultivated, adj.

= incultivated, adj.

Of a person, social group, etc.: not refined or civilized; uncultivated, uncultured, coarse. Now rare.

Uncultured.

In extended use: unable to respond to noble ideas. Obsolete. rare.

Of nations, times, etc.: Not improved by culture; uncivilized.

figurative. Not developed or improved by education; not characterized by culture; unrefined.

Marked by lack of enlightenment.

Of the soil, a plant, etc.: uncultivated, wild. Obsolete.

Slovenly; characterized by indolence, negligence, or lack of care. Now chiefly North American.

Of the nature of, or characteristic of, a philistine (Philistine, n. 3); uneducated, unenlightened.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Also philistine. Of or relating to philistines (sense A. 3); uneducated, unenlightened; indifferent or hostile to culture; aesthetically…

Characteristic of a philistine; = philistinic, adj.

General attributive, with sense ‘rough; rowdy; uncultivated; (also) of or characteristic of a roughneck; that is a roughneck’.

Of a person: not highly intellectual or cultured; having a taste for popular culture rather than rarefied artistic or intellectual matters.

Of low rank, authority, or importance. Also: relating to or involving people of low rank or authority.

Having, or regarded as having, little or no intellectual or cultural value; demanding or involving very little intellectual application.

Rough; loutish; oafish; (also) unsophisticated; ignorant. Also as a more general term of abuse.

colloquial (derogatory). Lacking in refinement or sophistication; rural, rustic; lowbrow.