Unpolished

adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not polished; not brought to a polish.
  2. 2
    Deprived of polish.
  3. 3
    Not refined in manners or style

    "Vovchsafe to grace these rude vnpolish'd rymes, / Which long (dear friend) haue slept in sable night, / And, come abroad now in these glorious tymes, / Can hardly brook the purenes of the light."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking social polish wordnet
  2. 2
    not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"Who brought this unpolished country bumpkin?"

Etymology

From un- + polished.

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