unpolished meaning

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unpolished (adjective): not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing.

unpolished has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

unpolished as an adjective

  1. not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing
    • dull unpolished shoes

    Opposite: polished

    Similar: raw, rough, unburnished

  2. lacking social polish
    • too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate
    • their excellent manners always made me feel gauche

    Synonyms: gauche, graceless

    Similar: inelegant

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in ED · 10-letter words

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