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unrefined - 2 dictionary results

un⋅re⋅fined

  [uhn-ri-fahynd]
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–adjective
1. not refined; not purified, as substances: unrefined metal.
2. coarse or crude; lacking in refinement of taste, feeling, manners, language, etc.
Origin:
1585–95; un- 1 + refined

Synonyms:
1. unpurified, crude, coarse. 2. unpolished, uncultured, ill-bred, rude, boorish, vulgar, gross.
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unrefined 
1595, "not refined in manners," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of refine. Meaning "not free from gross matter" is recorded from c.1610.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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