unrefined

[ uhn-ri-fahynd ]

adjective

1. not refined; refined; not purified, as substances:

   unrefined metal.

   Synonyms: unpurified, coarse, crude

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

   Synonyms: uncultured, unpolished, gross, vulgar, boorish, rude, ill-bred

unrefined

/ ˌʌnrɪˈfaɪnd /

adjective

1. (of substances such as petroleum, ores, and sugar) not processed into a pure or usable form
2. coarse in manners or language

Word History and Origins

Origin of unrefined¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Outside Online

They say that sweet and unrefined drinks are the fastest way to get drunk.

From Washington Blade

It came from one accustomed to bring excellent, if unrefined sense, to bear quickly upon any emergency, and to decide rapidly.

From Project Gutenberg

You know these people, though they have great riches, are very often very unrefined.

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But she also sat down to the piano without being invited, and sang a song which it was plain Mrs. Gano thought unrefined.

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Par′affin-oil, any of the mineral burning oils associated with the manufacture of paraffin; Par′affin-scale, unrefined paraffin.

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She thought him unrefined, noisy, but probably good-hearted and generous.

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