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unrefined

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Adj.1.unrefinedunrefined - not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
unprocessed, crude
processed, refined - freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
2.unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
inelegant - lacking in refinement or grace or good taste
unfastidious - marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness; "unfastidious in her dress"
ungracious - lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior"
unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes"
refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
Translations
unrefined [ʌnrɪˈfaɪnd] adj [sugar, petroleum] → sin refinar
unrefined [ʌnrɪˈfaɪnd] adj [sugar, petroleum] → non raffiné(e)
unrefined [ʌnrəˈfaɪnd] adj [sugar, petroleum] → nicht raffiniert
unrefined [ʌnrɪˈfaɪnd] adj [sugar, petroleum] → greggio/a; [person] → rozzo/a


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If the more refined art is the higher, and the more refined in every case is that which appeals to the better sort of audience, the art which imitates anything and everything is manifestly most unrefined.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
This public exhibition of the tulip was an act of adoration rendered by an entire nation, unlettered and unrefined, to the refinement and culture of its illustrious and devout leaders, whose blood had stained the foul pavement of the Buytenhof, reserving the right at a future day to inscribe the names of its victims upon the highest stone of the Dutch Pantheon.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
And hard upon that unrefined but wonder-working flow came a certain healing of spirit.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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