| ADJECTIVE | all | unpolished | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing |
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| all | unpolished, gauche, graceless | lacking social polish |
| Meaning | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing. | |
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| Example | "dull unpolished shoes" | |
| Narrower | raw | Untempered and unrefined |
| rough | not perfected | |
| unburnished | Of metals e.g. | |
| See also | dull | emitting or reflecting very little light |
| rough, unsmooth | Having or caused by an irregular surface | |
| unrefined | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined | |
| Opposite | polished | perfected or made shiny and smooth |
| Meaning | lacking social polish. | |
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| Synonyms | gauche, graceless | |
| Broader | inelegant | lacking in refinement or grace or good taste |
| Spanish | desmañado, torpe | |
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