uncivilized

Definitions

Not socially, culturally, or morally advanced; primitive.

Lacking in manners or refinement; rude or boorish.

Examples

The explorer felt that the remote tribe lived in an uncivilized manner compared to modern society.

It is considered uncivilized to talk loudly on your phone while in a quiet library.

The harsh conditions of the frontier were often described as wild and uncivilized by those living in the city.

Synonyms

barbaric savage primitive uncultured brutish wild unrefined

Antonyms

civilized cultured refined polite sophisticated urbane cultivated