What does unpolished mean?
Definitions for unpolished
un·pol·ished
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Princeton's WordNet
unpolishedadjective
not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing
"dull unpolished shoes"
gauche, graceless, unpolishedadjective
lacking social polish
"too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
Wiktionary
unpolishedadjective
Not polished; not brought to a polish.
unpolishedadjective
Deprived of polish.
unpolishedadjective
Not refined in manners; uncivilized; rude; plain.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unpolishedadjective
Palladio, having noted in an old arch at Verona, some part of the materials cut in fine forms, and some unpolished, doth conclude, that the antients did leave the outward face of their marbles, or free-stone, without any sculpture, till they were laid in the body of the building. Henry Wotton.
He affirms it to have been the antient custom of all the Greeks, to set up unpolished stones instead of images, to the honour of the gods. Edward Stillingfleet.
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Such as of old wise bards employ’d to make
Unpolish’d men their wild retreats forsake. Edmund Waller.Those first unpolish’d matrons, big and bold,
Gave suck to infants of gigantick mould. Dryden.
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unpolished
Unpolished generally refers to something that is not refined, improved, or free from imperfections. This could relate to a variety of objects or situations such as a rough stone that has not been smoothed, a person's lack of manners or social refinement, or even to an incomplete or rudimentary version of work, such as an article or a piece of music.
Anagrams for unpolished »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unpolished in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unpolished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of unpolished in a Sentence
Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.
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