adj
Meaning 1
Not polished; not brought to a polish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unpolished
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adj
Meaning 2
Deprived of polish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not refined in manners or style
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plain, rude, uncivilized, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric, bold, bumptious, crude, churlish, impudent, discourteous, gauche, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, incivil, insolent, lack-grace, mismannered, rantipole, rough, uncivil, uncourteous, uncouth, uncultured, underbred, unmannerly, unpolished, unpolite, unrefined
Antonyms: civilized, polished, refined
adjective
Meaning 4
not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dull unpolished shoes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: polished
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
lacking social polish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate
- their excellent manners always made me feel gauche
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gauche, graceless
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English polished English unpolished From un- + polished.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: upoleret — not polished
- Latin: impolītus — not polished
- Norwegian Bokmål: upolert — not polished
- Norwegian Nynorsk: upolert — not polished
- Polish: niedopracowany — not polished
- Danish: uraffineret — not refined
- Latin: impolītus — not refined
- Norwegian Bokmål: upolert — not refined
- Norwegian Nynorsk: upolert — not refined