unpolite

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adjective

Unsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured.

First used 17th–20th c.Scrabble 10
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Meanings

adjectiveunpolite (comparative more unpolite, superlative most unpolite)

comparative more unpolite · superlative most unpolite

  1. obsoleteUnsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured.First known use 17th–20th c.
  2. CanadaUSLacking in good manners; impolite, discourteous.First known use 17th c.

    [H]e has all along, by his threatening and unpolite behaviour to my friends, and whenever he ſpeaks of them, given me reaſon to conclude, that there is more malice to them, than regard to me, in his perſeverance.

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 66

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
impolite

Origin

From un- + polite. Compare earlier unpolished.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

teupolin
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APA

unpolite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpolite

MLA

“unpolite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpolite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpolite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpolite.

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