unpolished

unpolished

English

Etymology

un- +‎ polished

Adjective

unpolished (comparative more unpolished, superlative most unpolished)

1. Not polished; not brought to a polish.
2. Deprived of polish.
3. Not refined in manners or style

   Synonyms: uncivilized, rude, plain

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:impolite

Antonyms

• polished
• refined
• civilized

Derived terms

• unpolishedness

Translations

not polished

Latin: impolītus Norwegian: Bokmål: upolert Nynorsk: upolert

not refined

Norwegian: Bokmål: upolert Nynorsk: upolert

References

• unpolished in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “unpolished” (US) / “unpolished” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.