unrefined
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈfaɪnd/
:
sin refinar
- Then, there is sea salt, which is unrefined and actually comes from the seawater.
- unrefined sugar
- unrefined oil
- unrefined sea salt
There's great, you know, unrefined salt added a pinch per glass.
- There's great, you know, unrefined salt added a pinch per glass.
- And grains, by grains I don't mean refined grains, I mean unrefined grains.
- I think it's important to understand what's the difference between a refined grain and an unrefined and takes me back to university.
Examples
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The cotton of her dirndl skirt is the light, sheer, unrefined cotton that's almost gauze.
Fiction book (1997) -
I'm going to go in with a little virgin unrefined coconut oil to remove that.
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Around my house, we consider unrefined Celtic sea salt to be a health food!
Blog text (24) -
All have been produced in relatively unrefined clay containing many small stones.
Academic text (2000) -
Because it is unrefined, it is marketed as being more natural and healthy, but it still has the same nutritional value as table salt.
Blog text (21) -
Price found that the tribes with the best health and most robust physiques ate a combination of animal products and unrefined plant foods.
Blog text (28) -
She decides she will wait five minutes for the power to return before proceeding to bake with the unrefined sugar.
Fiction book (1998) -
It did not work for me; my body type is such that animal-based protein combined with a small amount of unrefined carbs provides my optimum health.
Blog text (10) -
The teardrop-shaped dumpling is kneaded from rice flour and stuffed with coconut and jaggery, an unrefined whole cane sugar.
Blog text (17) -
Many health-conscious individuals prefer using unrefined oils in their cooking to retain nutritional value.
Synonyms
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1.0
In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished
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4.6
Not yet processed or made into useful products
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6.7
Pure and not mixed with anything else
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3.4
Not changed from its natural form
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8.0
Pure and not mixed with anything else
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4.3
Not cleaned or changed and kept in a natural state
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3.6
Completely pure with nothing added
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5.8
Not mixed with other ingredients, showing its own taste or color
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5.4
In a natural state without being changed
A natural raw material that is not made in a factory
In a natural state, not made or changed by people
Not processed by a mill, like whole grain
Containing only the active ingredient and not ready to use
Containing solid bits, like butter
Shown in a raw, honest way without softening
A liquid that people do not purify by boiling and collecting steam
Containing harmful or unwanted substances because it was not cleaned
Pure and not mixed with other things
Antonyms
How Refined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unrefined starts with un- meaning 'not' and the part refine meaning 'to make pure', which you can also see in the word fine. So unrefined means 'not made pure', used for raw or natural things that have not been processed.