UNREFINED

adj. 1 coarse, rude, rough, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncivilized, uncultivated, unpolished, inelegant, ill-bred, impolite, discourteous, unmannerly, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, ignoble, plebeian, undignified, unladylike, ungentlemanlike, ungentlemanly, uncourtly, ungracious, boorish, loutish, gross, vulgar, uncouth, cloddish, bumbling, awkward, gauche Consider their background before criticizing them for being unrefined 2 impure, unpurified, unclarified, raw, crude, coarse, untreated, unfinished, natural, unprocessed The unrefined ore is first washed thoroughly