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
“Very mature, John,” he mutters to himself in despair at his own uncouthness as she stalks off.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
But uncouthness turns out to have its virtues.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
He may save you soiling your fingers; but the real attractiveness of certain things is inseparable from their uncouthness, their downright ugliness.
From The Vagabond in Literature by Arthur Rickett
The muscular impetuosity of the one who was leading his trumps with a flourish that suggested swinging a pickaxe amused David more than it offended by its uncouthness.
From Lost Farm Camp by Harry Herbert Knibbs
