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un·re·fined

   [uhn-ri-fahynd]
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 (ˌʌnrɪˈfaɪnd)
 
—adj
1.  (of substances such as petroleum, ores, and sugar) not processed into a pure or usable form
2.  coarse in manners or language

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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.
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