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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unrefined1

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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