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unpolished

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un·pol·ished  (n-plsht)
adj.
1. Not polished, as:
a. Not smooth and shiny: unpolished shoes; unpolished gemstones.
b. Not elaborated, perfected, or completed: an unpolished performance.
c. Not having attained a high degree of skill: an unpolished tenor.
2.
a. Lacking good manners, culture, or refinement.
b. Natural and unsophisticated: The service was friendly and unpolished.
unpolished
Adjective
1. not polished
2. not elegant or refined
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unpolishedunpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes"
dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
2.unpolishedunpolished - lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
gauche, graceless
inelegant - lacking in refinement or grace or good taste
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It may be that he swept back into the past, and fell among the blood-drinking, hairy savages of the Age of Unpolished Stone; into the abysses of the Cretaceous Sea; or among the grotesque saurians, the huge reptilian brutes of the Jurassic times.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
Knightley thought highly of thembut they must be coarse and unpolished, and very unfit to be the intimates of a girl who wanted only a little more knowledge and elegance to be quite perfect.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
After shutting my eyes involuntarily, I opened them, and saw that this luminous agent came from a half globe, unpolished, placed in the roof of the cabin.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
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