Who wrote such an unrefined article?
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Unrefined
Synonyms for "unrefined" (235 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (71)
doggereldoricdysphemisticearthyembryonicfarmerishfrom the sticksfunctionally illiterategauchegothicgracelessgrainedgrainygrammarlessgranulargranulatedgrittygrossharshhayseed
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heathenhickhickyhobnailedhomespunhoodwinkedhorripilantignobleill-bredill-educatedill-manneredilliterateimpoliteimproperimpurein bad tastein embryoin ovoin the roughinconcinnateinconcinnousinconsiderateincorrectindecorousinelegantinequalinfelicitousinsensitiveinurbaneirregularjoltyled astraylinsey-woolseyloutishloutylowbredlowbrowlumpenlumpishmisinformedmisinstructedmistaughtnastynativenaturalnoncivilizednonintellectualoffensiveordinaryoutlandishoversimple
Related words (117)
paganphilistinepimplypittedplebeianpockypotholedprimitiveprovincialrankrawreductionisticreductiveripplyrisquerobustrough spokenrough-and-readyrough-castrough-grained
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rough-hewnroughcastroughhewnruberuderudimentalrudimentaryruffledruggedrun-of-minerusticruttedruttysavageshaggedshaggysimplisticsketchystuntedtactlesstastelesstexturedtroglodyticunblownunbookedunbookishunbooklearnedunbriefedunciviluncivilizedunclarifieduncombeduncourtlyuncultivateduncutunderdevelopedundevelopedundignifiedundressedunedifieduneducateduneruditeuneuphoniousunevenunfashionedunfelicitousunfeminineunfinishedunformedungenteelungentleungentlemanlikeungentlemanlyungracefulungraciousungradedunguidedunhewnuninstructedunintellectualunkemptunlaboredunlearnedunletteredunlevelunlickedunliteraryunmannerlyunpolishedunprocessedunreadunscholarlyunschooledunseemlyunsmoothunsolicitousunsophisticatedunsortedunstudiousuntameduntaughtuntowarduntreateduntutoredununiformunworkedunwroughtup countryup-countryvulgarwildwimpledyokelyokelish
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
Translations
19 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- недодялан adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
- непречистен adj (crude, unprocessed)
- нерафиниран adj (crude, unprocessed)
Dutch
1 entries- onbehouwen adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
Finnish
2 entries- karkea adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
- raaka adj (crude, unprocessed)
Māori
3 entries- pakirara adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
- tūhourangi adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
- urutapu adj (crude, unprocessed)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بیاغی adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
- یوغون adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onbeschläpen adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
Polish
1 entries- nieokrzesany adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
Portuguese
1 entries- inculto adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
Russian
3 entries- гру́бый adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
- необрабо́танный adj (crude, unprocessed)
- неотёсанный adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
Swedish
2 entries- okultiverad adj (of a person: lacking refinement)
- oraffinerad adj (crude, unprocessed)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I prefer unrefined sugar rather than consuming sweeteners.
Source: tatoeba (6090414)
Some journal entries maybe raw and unrefined, others inspirational and detailed, but all show the truth and unbridled passion of what it is to put in your time as a true surf-caster, and maybe you can learn something from it.
Source: wiktionary
Depend upon it, it is the more coarse and unrefined portion of the community who outrage the feelings of churchgoing people by Sabbath desecration.
Source: wiktionary
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