polished
adjective
made smooth and glossy.
unpolished
-
a word derived from
polished.
Example Sentences
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Spare guitar chords give way to a female voice that sounds unpolished but beautiful: “I want to lay with you/ In an open field/ Where yellow flowers are suns of Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
On a conference call last April, an ad agency partner began presenting unpolished AI-generated images to make a point: Artificial intelligence wasn’t ready to take center stage in advertising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
"He's an unpolished diamond, but one worth taking a punt on because the finer details and tactical understanding can be improved by Pep Guardiola. Forty million euros could look like peanuts in a decade's time."
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
The unpolished, somewhat broken and exposed interior is a nontraditional setting purposely chosen for an equally nontraditional show.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
There were no pictures on the walls, no carpet on the floor, only rough unpolished wooden planks, and there were gaps between the planks where dust and bits of grime had gathered.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
