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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNPOLISHED

a. 1. Not polished; not made smooth or bright by attrition.
2. Not refined in manners; uncivilized; rude; plain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unpolished

un pol ished |ˌənˈpäliSHt ˌənˈpɑlɪʃt | adjective not having a polished surface: his shoes were unpolished. unrefined in style or behavior: his work is unpolished and sometimes incoherent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

unpolished

un |pol ¦ished |ʌnˈpɒlɪʃt | adjective not having a polished surface: his shoes were unpolished. unrefined in style or behaviour: his work is unpolished and sometimes incoherent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unpolished

unpolished adjective 1 unpolished wood: unvarnished, unfinished, untreated, natural. ANTONYMS varnished. 2 his unpolished ways: unsophisticated, unrefined, uncultured, uncultivated, inelegant, coarse, vulgar, crude, rough (and ready ), awkward, clumsy, gauche. ANTONYMS sophisticated. 3 an unpolished performance: slipshod, rough, loose, crude, uneven; amateurish; unprepared, unrehearsed, inchoate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

unpolished

unpolished adjective 1 the floor was of pale unpolished wood: unvarnished, unlacquered, unfinished, unprocessed, untreated, unworked, plain, raw, unrefined, natural, coarse, rough; stripped. ANTONYMS polished, varnished. 2 you must not mind his unpolished ways: unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, uncultured, uncultivated, coarse, inelegant, crude, crass, raw, rough, rough and ready, awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, tactless, insensitive, vulgar, philistine, uneducated; provincial, parochial, rustic. ANTONYMS polished, sophisticated. 3 it was an unpolished performance lacking spark: slipshod, rough, crude, untidy, uneven, incoherent, defective, deficient, scrappy, sketchy, bitty. ANTONYMS polished.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

unpolished

n p l ished /-t /形容詞 磨いていない, 仕上がっていない ; 未熟な ; 教養のない .