unrefined

[ uhn-ri-fahynd ]

/ ˌʌn rɪˈfaɪnd /

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adjective

not refined; not purified, as substances: unrefined metal.

coarse or crude; lacking in refinement of taste, feeling, manners, language, etc.

Nearby words

unreconstructed, unreconstructible, unrecorded, unreel, unreeve, unrefined, unreflected, unreflecting, unreflective, unregenerate, unregistered

Origin of unrefined

First recorded in 1585–95; un-¹ + refined

SYNONYMS FOR unrefined

1 unpurified, crude, coarse.

2 unpolished, uncultured, ill-bred, rude, boorish, vulgar, gross.

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Examples from the Web for unrefined

His drawing was loose and undistinguished; his sense of humour, such as it was, unrefined; and his fun exaggerated and false.
The History of "Punch"|M. H. Spielmann
It does not make me less fond of you; but I am often sorry, when we talk together, to notice how unrefined your ideas are.
Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3)|Mary Cholmondeley
Though unformed and unrefined by art, his literary instinct is of the surest.
The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study in Criticism|Arthur Ogle
Not that the girl on the couch, with closed eyes, was unrefined.
The Moving Picture Girls at Sea|Laura Lee Hope

His chief pleasures were commonly derived from field sports and from an unrefined sensuality.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for unrefined

unrefined

/ (ˌʌnrɪˈfaɪnd) /

adjective

(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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