Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not smooth and shiny.
- adjective Not elaborated, perfected, or completed.
- adjective Not having attained a high degree of skill.
- adjective Lacking good manners, culture, or refinement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not polished; not brought to a polish: noting surfaces of marble, wood, metal, etc.
- Deprived of polish.
- Not refined in manners; uncivilized; rude; plain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
polished ; not brought to apolish . - adjective Deprived of polish.
- adjective Not
refined inmanners ;uncivilized ;rude ;plain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing
- adjective lacking social polish
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Examples
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Having no business education except that acquired from common experience and observation, and no schooling except of the most rudimentary kind, he would express himself clearly in unpolished but forcible and terse language, and would write out with his own hand a contract which, for precision and completeness, few lawyers could equal.
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Having no business education except that acquired from common experience and observation, and no schooling except of the most rudimentary kind, he would express himself clearly in unpolished but forcible and terse language, and would write out with his own hand a contract which, for precision and completeness, few lawyers could equal.
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And I believe this is talking past Mike's point entirely, which is that you have projects on both ends of the spectrum but what we need is stuff in the middle -- we need more than just the huge games and the quirky, eccentric aka unpolished and low production quality indies.
Burn baby burn 2005
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In a world saturated by overproduced, unnaturally perfect, and clean - the unpolished is the most creative and in many cases most inspirational.
unknown title 2009
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Drop Dead Diva, a light fantasy revolving around a demanding young actress who dies and returns to Earth in the body of a brilliant but "unpolished" attorney.
Lifetime's New Slate for 2008-2009 Melissa Silverstein 2008
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However, in 1940s-1950s, when American literature favored refined and intentionally complicated writing techniques, Jack London, together with Theodore Dreiser and other "unpolished" literary figures, were considered too simplistic.
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Although Psi is kind of unpolished and has some rough edges, it has a ton of features and is extremely configurable.
Ars Technica Ryan Paul 2011
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Although Psi is kind of unpolished and has some rough edges, it has a ton of features and is extremely configurable.
Ars Technica Ryan Paul 2011
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Although Psi is kind of unpolished and has some rough edges, it has a ton of features and is extremely configurable.
Ars Technica Ryan Paul 2011
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Post, "unpolished" Greene is on the campaign trail.
TPMMuckraker 2010
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