1
as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
unrefined sugar
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2
as in clumsy
hastily or roughly constructed
an unrefined mountaineer's hut
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3
as in vulgar
lacking in refinement or good taste
guilty of such unrefined behavior as eating with their mouths open
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Recent Examples of unrefined
In the film, the dress represents Hepburn’s character’s transformation from an unrefined, ponytailed cygnet into a swan, freshly molded by a stint in Paris.
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Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
Williams has raw talent and flashes upside, but the Ravens took advantage of his unrefined instincts and eye discipline all game long.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The Founding Story The creator behind Era of Nature’s unrefined products envisioned a healthier lifestyle, including products used on the skin.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Sulfur is abundant and Zeta's Li-S batteries use waste materials like methane and unrefined sulfur from various industries.
—New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
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Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
Williams has raw talent and flashes upside, but the Ravens took advantage of his unrefined instincts and eye discipline all game long.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The Founding Story The creator behind Era of Nature’s unrefined products envisioned a healthier lifestyle, including products used on the skin.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Sulfur is abundant and Zeta's Li-S batteries use waste materials like methane and unrefined sulfur from various industries.
—New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrefined
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But unseen, in underground pipelines that cut through vast fields of barley, flows about $5 billion annually worth of Canadian crude oil and natural gas, most of it from Alberta.—
Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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The United States imports crude oil from Canada, specifically the Alberta oil sands.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The character first appears in the franchise’s original film Scream (1996) as the older brother of Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan) and the clumsy police deputy trying to help solve the murders in their town of Woodsboro.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Aviles’ dismissal, for a clumsy challenge on the edge of the penalty area, seemed set to turn the game.—
Martin Rogers,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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However, these arrangements were not mere shakedowns; they were anchored in strategic diplomacy and geopolitical calculus, rather than vulgar profiteering.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Her Facebook and email had been flooded with vulgar, inflammatory responses.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Trump administration has expressed interest in other minerals like lithium, graphite, and titanium, but these are based on rough mineral estimates.—
Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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While New York City as a whole is safer than most other metropolises, pockets of especially rough neighborhoods are unsafe, particularly for young men.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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For climate advocates, Forrest citing his mining company’s financial performance might sound a bit crass coming from a billionaire who hops around the world on a private plane.—
Justin Worland,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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Ak — who was previously accused of rape — was immediately faced with accusations of grooming, later admitting to his crass behavior.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Anti-Tesla sentiment is at an all-time high, whether expressed through rude bumper stickers and peaceful protest or vandalism and arson, in part because Musk has continually stoked tension with his far-right politics.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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At the time, Pearce called out a rude fan while performing at WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Using coarse textiles like neoprene, felt and faux fur, each item was crafted with three-dimensional elements, producing garments that took up physical space—whether or not their intention was to remain truthful to the natural curves of the body.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Memoir Dayspring Anthony Oliveira And the Word became flesh: coarse hair, crooked smile, the taste of salt on his clavicle.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
5 Mar. 2025
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Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.—
Joseph J. Kolb,
Fox News,
18 July 2017
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Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.—
OregonLive.com,
OregonLive.com,
12 July 2017
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“Unrefined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrefined. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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