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Synonyms for unpolished

Most common

crude impolite unrefined inelegant graceless

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not refined in manners or style

Example sentences

  • crude Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.
  • impolite Tom told me that he thought Mary had been impolite.
  • unrefined I prefer unrefined sugar rather than consuming sweeteners.
  • inelegant The slang is a metonymic but inelegant phrase.
  • graceless The graceless lummox stumbled into the room, knocking over a lamp on his way in.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
unpolishedsteady
crudefalling
impoliterising
unrefinedsteady
inelegantrising
gracelesssteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
rude1
5 letters
rough1, plain1, crude1
6 letters
savage2, rugged2, coarse1, rustic2, gauche1
7 letters
awkward2, uncouth2
8 letters
impolite3, churlish2
9 letters
untrained2, unrefined3, barbarous3, inelegant, graceless2
10 letters
uncultured, impolished
11 letters
uncivilized4, uncivilised
12 letters
uncultivated

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savage2 = 2 syllables).