[ adj ] without civilizing influences <adj.all> barbarian invadersbarbaric practices a savage people fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient wild tribes
Uncivilized \Un*civ"i*lized\, a. 1. Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.
2. Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.] --Addison.
Turner contended the name Savage might cause the jury to think of "an uncivilized primitive." Savage has served four prison sentences for car theft, burglary and violent behavior in prison, including trying to kill a fellow inmate and a guard.
We doubt there'll be much foreign opprobrium heaped on the West Bank's ax murderers, which suggests that PLO-style governance has received international immunity from criticism for uncivilized behavior.