uncontacted

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ contacted.

Adjective

uncontacted (not comparable)

  1. Not contacted.
    • 2007 January 18, Reuters, “More Isolated Indians Survive in Amazon Rain Forest, but Face Peril”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      This week the federal police and the government’s environmental protection agency are to remove hundreds of illegal settlers who invaded the Uru Eu Wau Wau indigenous territory in Rondonia, where uncontacted groups live.
  2. (anthropology, of a tribal society) Without regular contact with non-tribal societies.
    • 2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN‎[2]:
      There have been other encounters with uncontacted tribes in recent years.
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