uncouth

Because while calling a passerby “sexy” may be uncouth, it shouldn't be illegal.
Street Harassment Shouldn’t Be a Crime|Lizzie Crocker|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A child who masters the classics will stand apart from the uncouth boors on the school bus.
A Few Good Books for Dads|John Elder Robison|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sarkozy is known for running—television crews often film him, sweaty and uncouth, as he jogs in an NYPD t-shirt.
Did Carla Wear Him Out?|Eric Pape|July 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In this manner did he indulge in the wild and uncouth glee of a savage as ferocious as he was powerful.
The Dead Boxer|William Carleton

They were honest, uncouth, simple; they were just like children, the children of the Wild.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service
He was a great tragic artist in the rough, and his comedy displays an uncouth Rabelaisian realism.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Whitman was as one crying in the wilderness, uncouth, unheeded save by the few.
A History of American Literature Since 1870|Fred Lewis Pattee
I am an uncouth ruffian, I know; but if you will teach me, I will learn to be gentle in time.
Lone Pine|R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend

British Dictionary definitions for uncouth

uncouth

/ (ʌnˈkuːθ) /

adjective

lacking in good manners, refinement, or grace

Derived Formsuncouthly, adverbuncouthness, noun

Word Origin for uncouth

Old English uncūth, from un- 1 + cūth familiar; related to Old High German kund known, Old Norse kunnr

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