Link Centre Dictionary

unpolished

un·po·lis·hed

uncommon

adjective

1.

not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing

  • “dull unpolished shoes”
Antonyms
2.

lacking social polish

  • “too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate”
  • “their excellent manners always made me feel gauche”
Similar

Origin

From un- + polished.

Related words

See also

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.