uncouth
adjective
awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly.
uncouthness
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a word derived from
uncouth.
Example Sentences
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Seidel began his career in the early sixties, the era of confessional poetry, but he had nothing except his own perceived uncouthness to confess.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
But uncouthness turns out to have its virtues.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
“Very mature, John,” he mutters to himself in despair at his own uncouthness as she stalks off.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
The roughness had been a little overdone, but it had added nothing to his own uncouthness.
From Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope
Space, illumined for the first time by their radiance, revealed itself in all its uncouthness.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
