unpolished

adj.

1. Not polished, as:
   1. Not smooth and shiny: unpolished shoes; unpolished gemstones.
   2. Not elaborated, perfected, or completed: an unpolished performance.
   3. Not having attained a high degree of skill: an unpolished tenor.
2. 1. Lacking good manners, culture, or refinement.
   2. Natural and unsophisticated: The service was friendly and unpolished.

adjective

1. Not perfected, elaborated, or completed: preliminary, rough, sketchy, tentative, unfinished, unperfected. See start/end.
2. Lacking expert, careful craftsmanship: crude, primitive, raw, rough, rude. See good/bad.
3. Lacking good manners: discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly. See courtesy/discourtesy.
4. Lacking in delicacy or refinement: barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar. See courtesy/discourtesy, smooth/rough.
5. Of a plain and unsophisticated nature: artless, homely, homespun, natural, rustic, unadorned. See plain/fancy.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing
  Antonym: polished (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: lacking social polish
  Synonyms: gauche, graceless

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - upoleret, rå

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongepolijst, onbeschaafd

Français (French)
adj. - (lit) non ciré (un sol), non astiqué (une vaisselle), rude, grossier

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungeschliffen, unpoliert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αγυάλιστος, (μτφ.) ακαλλιέργητος

Italiano (Italian)
non levigato, non rifinito

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - não lustrado, inculto

Русский (Russian)
не(от)полированный, неотшлифованный, не доведенный до совершенства

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sin pulir, en bruto, no encerado, tosco

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - opolerad, oputsad, oborstad, okultiverad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
未磨光的, 未磨练的, 无光泽的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 未磨光的, 未磨練的, 無光澤的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 닦지 않은, 점잖치 못한, 본데 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - みがきあげてない, 磨かれていない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مصقول, فظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מצוחצח, חסר ליטוש‬

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