Meanings
unrefined1
comparative more unrefined · superlative most unrefined
- crude, raw or unprocessed
Some journal entries maybe raw and unrefined, others inspirational and detailed, but all show the truth and unbridled passion of what it is to put in your time as a true surf-caster, and maybe you can learn something from it.
2014, Nick Honachefsky, The Jersey Surf Diaries, →ISBNSynonyms: rudimentary, undeveloped, natural, untreated, crude, garagelike, primitive, rough
- lacking refinement; uncouth
Depend upon it, it is the more coarse and unrefined portion of the community who outrage the feelings of churchgoing people by Sabbath desecration.
1854, Fanny Fern, Fern Leaves from Fanny's PortfolioSynonyms: discourteous, insolent, unpolished, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric, bold
unrefined2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unrefine
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecrude, raw or unprocessed
adjectivelacking refinement; uncouth
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishrefined
- Englishunrefined
Translations
Bulgarian непречистен, нерафиниран
- непречистен (neprečisten)crude, unprocessed
- нерафиниран (nerafiniran)crude, unprocessed
- недодялан (nedodjalan)of a person: lacking refinement
Dutch onbehouwen
- onbehouwenof a person: lacking refinement
Finnish raaka, karkea
- raakacrude, unprocessed
- karkeaof a person: lacking refinement
German unraffiniert
- unraffiniertcrude, unprocessed
Māori urutapu, tūhourangi
- urutapucrude, unprocessed
- tūhourangiof a person: lacking refinement
- pakiraraof a person: lacking refinement
Polish nieokrzesany
- nieokrzesanyof a person: lacking refinement
Portuguese inculto
- incultoof a person: lacking refinement
Russian необрабо́танный, гру́бый
- необрабо́танный (neobrabótannyj)crude, unprocessed
- гру́бый (grúbyj)of a person: lacking refinement
- неотёсанный (neotjósannyj)of a person: lacking refinement
Swedish oraffinerad, okultiverad
- oraffineradcrude, unprocessed
- okultiveradof a person: lacking refinement
Cite this entry
unrefined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrefined
“unrefined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrefined. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrefined,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrefined.
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