Entry Word: unrefined

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining <unrefined sugar> — see crude 1
2 hastily or roughly constructed <an unrefined mountaineer's hut> — see rude 1
3 lacking in refinement or good taste <guilty of such unrefined behavior as eating with their mouths open> — see coarse 2