as in feral
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans
domesticated rats are more tolerable companions than are their undomesticated cousins
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Recent Examples of undomesticated
Game Meat Wild game meat is any meat that is undomesticated instead of farm-raised.15 Venison (deer or elk), bison, rabbit, and wild boar are commonly consumed game meats.
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Police are investigating after more than 70 animals — many of them undomesticated — were found dead at a home in Old Saybrook.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
According to the team, the study could contribute to shifting welfare standards for all species of cats, whether they are domesticated or undomesticated, tame or wild.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
Fowler was the one left to wrestle undomesticated animals while Perkins looked on from a safe distance.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Results showed that Rock Doves and feral pigeons descended from the same undomesticated pigeon lineage.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2022
California has outlawed the sale of new items made from the fur of undomesticated animals, including mink, rabbit and coyote.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
Gallus gallus, the undomesticated ancestor of modern chickens , have come to dominate American dinner tables, where its meat is consumed at a rate of 80 pounds per person per year.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2012
These undomesticated strains appear at harvest time, when farmers select their tamer, more pampered kin for replanting.
—Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2021
Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Police are investigating after more than 70 animals — many of them undomesticated — were found dead at a home in Old Saybrook.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
According to the team, the study could contribute to shifting welfare standards for all species of cats, whether they are domesticated or undomesticated, tame or wild.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
Fowler was the one left to wrestle undomesticated animals while Perkins looked on from a safe distance.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Results showed that Rock Doves and feral pigeons descended from the same undomesticated pigeon lineage.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2022
California has outlawed the sale of new items made from the fur of undomesticated animals, including mink, rabbit and coyote.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
Gallus gallus, the undomesticated ancestor of modern chickens , have come to dominate American dinner tables, where its meat is consumed at a rate of 80 pounds per person per year.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2012
These undomesticated strains appear at harvest time, when farmers select their tamer, more pampered kin for replanting.
—Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undomesticated
Adjective
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In the past year, the department confirmed 25 rabid animals, including raccoons and feral cats.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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How about spay, neuter and release, like folks do with feral cats?—
Daniella Walsh,
Oc Register,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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But when 5,000 Trevally fight back, the hunters become the hunted in one of the ocean’s wildest showdowns.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Robert reached with one out in the fifth, legging out the infield single and taking second on a wild throw.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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“Undomesticated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undomesticated. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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