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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unrefined
adjective
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▪ An hour's rehearsal wasn't much but sufficient to ensure an almost trouble free, if distinctly unrefined performance.
▪ Because they are more slowly metabolised, unrefined foods supply a steady stream of energy throughout the day.
▪ In 1913, 150,000 tons of unrefined sugar arrived at the Nord stations, 85 percent of it at La Chapelle-Charbons.
▪ It's no lower in calories, but it's higher in fibre and unrefined carbohydrates.
▪ The mineral traces in unrefined salt can sometimes affect the foods with which they are used.
▪ The modern diabetic diet consists of high unrefined carbohydrate, and fibre, with a low fat content.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unrefined

1590s, "not refined in manners," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of refine (v.). Meaning "not free from gross matter" is recorded from 1610s.

Wiktionary
unrefined

a. 1 crude, raw or unprocessed 2 (context of a person English) lacking refinement; uncouth

WordNet
unrefined

  1. adj. not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn: unprocessed, crude] [ant: refined]

  2. used of persons and their behavior; not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?" [ant: refined]

Usage examples of "unrefined".

And she blushed hotly at being betrayed into a personality which seemed to her undignified, and, what was worse, unrefined.

But like all whole-grain breads, the strong taste of unrefined flour obscures the more delicate flavors I am after.

While untrained introspection is like unrefined gold ore, neuroscientific understanding of the origins, nature, and causal efficacy of consciousness is like an undated check.

With perhaps the exception of Mary Pickford and Francis the Talking Mule, entertainers in those days were largely an unseemly, unrefined, unpolished, uncouth, undulant, unplumbed, unzipped, undone, uncaged, unearthed, unbonneted rabble.