uncivil

From un- + civil.

• enPR: ŭnʹsĭv-əl IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsɪv.əl/

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  Rhymes: -ɪvəl

uncivil (comparative more uncivil, superlative most uncivil)

1. Not civilized

   Synonyms: savage, barbarous, uncivilized; see also Thesaurus:savage

2. Not civil; discourteous; impolite

   Synonyms: churlish, lack-grace, rude; see also Thesaurus:impolite

   uncivil behavior

   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 123:

     But when he had urged his request four or five times, and we thought on what evil the country folk say that they have at times suffered from the Vettar, when they have chanced to swear at them, or with uncivil words bid them go to hell, I took the resolution to read some prayers over my wife, and to bless her, and bid her in God's name go with him.

   • 24 December 2007, “The Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     John Terry and Frank Lampard would not have reacted as the Nigerian did to the (admittedly X-rated) challenge that led to the Liverpool forward being sent off in last week’s Carling Cup quarter-final against Chelsea. All very dangerous, all very uncivil.

   • 4 February 2008, New York Times:

     But since you probably weren’t there, and be thankful for that, here is a quick primer on local, uncivil civics so that you might appreciate the recent political clamor in this part of eastern Tennessee.

• incivil

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “uncivil”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “uncivil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.