unrefined
not refined; not purified, as substances: unrefined metal.
coarse or crude; lacking in refinement of taste, feeling, manners, language, etc.
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How to use unrefined in a sentence
At first, the soaking facilities were little more than unrefined structures of canvas and lumber, perched over individual mountainside springs or tubs carved into the rock.
They say that sweet and unrefined drinks are the fastest way to get drunk.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part III | Yariel Valdés González | July 21, 2021 | Washington BladeIt came from one accustomed to bring excellent, if unrefined sense, to bear quickly upon any emergency, and to decide rapidly.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellYou know these people, though they have great riches, are very often very unrefined.
Sarah's School Friend | May BaldwinBut she also sat down to the piano without being invited, and sang a song which it was plain Mrs. Gano thought unrefined.
The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
Par′affin-oil, any of the mineral burning oils associated with the manufacture of paraffin; Par′affin-scale, unrefined paraffin.
She thought him unrefined, noisy, but probably good-hearted and generous.
Mrs. Dorriman, Volume 2 of 3 | Julie Bosville Chetwynd
British Dictionary definitions for unrefined
/ (ˌʌnrɪˈfaɪnd) /
(of substances such as petroleum, ores, and sugar) not processed into a pure or usable form
coarse in manners or language
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