uncultivate

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ cultivate.

Verb

uncultivate (third-person singular simple present uncultivates, present participle uncultivating, simple past and past participle uncultivated)

1. (transitive, rare) To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.
   • 1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age:

     May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!

   • 2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated, page 67:

     To uncultivate is to encourage the transformation from one state to another, just like cultivation, except that it seeks its opposite horizon. It seeks to peel back the layers of cultivation […]