UNREFINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unrefined mean? 

• UNREFINED (adjective)
  The adjective UNREFINED has 2 senses:

1. not refined or processed

2. (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

  Familiarity information: UNREFINED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNREFINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not refined or processed

Synonyms:

crude; unprocessed; unrefined

Context example:

crude oil

Antonym:

refined (freed from impurities by processing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

Context example:

how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?

Similar:

agrestic ((of behavior) rustic and uncouth)

artless; uncultivated; uncultured ((of persons) lacking art or knowledge)

boorish; loutish; neandertal; neanderthal; oafish; swinish (ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance)

coarse; common; rough-cut; uncouth; vulgar (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste)

crass ((of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility)

bounderish; ill-bred; lowbred; rude; underbred; yokelish ((of persons) lacking in refinement or grace)

low (unrefined in character)

robust (rough and crude)

rough ((of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse)

rough-spoken (rude or uncouth in speech)

ungentlemanlike; ungentlemanly (not befitting a gentleman)

unladylike (lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady)

Also:

inelegant (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)

unfastidious (marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness)

ungracious (lacking charm and good taste)

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

Antonym:

refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)

 Context examples 

The levo-enantiomer of an orally bioavailable polyphenolic aldehyde, derived primarily from unrefined cottonseed oil, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(L-Gossypol, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived primarily from unrefined cottonseed oil, gossypol induces cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and inducing apoptosis.

(Gossypol, NCI Thesaurus)