unrefined
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈfaɪnd/
- Offensive
:
maleducado
- Despite his talent, his unrefined manners often left a poor impression on those around him.
- unrefined but promising
- uncivilized and unrefined
The JK is just very very unrefined.
- The JK is just very very unrefined.
- The Countach is cool in part because it's just so brash and ridiculous and unrefined and loud.
- They had like, you know, they were considered messy and, and, and chaotic and unrefined and it was kind of like it was fun.
Examples
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These transgressions occur, not because their manners are simply unrefined.
Academic text (1996) -
Just big and husky, a somewhat shaggy, unrefined appearance that overpowered his conservative dress.
Fiction book (1999) -
But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined
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The Countach is cool in part because it's just so brash and ridiculous and unrefined and loud.
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But I have to call them just plain old obtuse, boorish, and unrefined.
Blog text (12) -
The perfect writing is so delicate and so clear that all other prose seems clunky and unrefined.
Blog text (26) -
A vast, uneducated, unrefined, ruthless horde that cannot wait to prey upon you.
Blog text (24) -
The disastrous mixture of unrefined human behavior with unmitigated freedom of self-expression produces individuals who know no limits to their own desires and who expect to fulfill them at no cost.
Academic text (2001) -
His behavior at the party was quite unrefined, as he rudely interrupted conversations and slurped his drink.
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Her unrefined speech and lack of etiquette stood out at the formal dinner.
Synonyms
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8.4
Not polite or well behaved in a rough way
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6.7
Rude and not polite or kind
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5.6
Showing little interest in art or books and having bad manners
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9.1
Not polite or kind to other people
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7.2
Not showing good manners toward others
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7.1
Rude and showing bad manners
Not polite and not showing good manners
Having rude manners that shock polite people
A person who speaks and acts in an open, informal way that ignores social rules
Antonyms
How Refined
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6.7
- Formal
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4.1
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1.0
- Offensive
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6.0
- Offensive
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8.4
- Offensive
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5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unrefined also combines un- 'not' with refine 'to make fine or polished', the same idea in the word fine. So an unrefined person is 'not made fine' — someone who lacks polish or good manners.