rough edges
plural noun
: things that need to be improved or finished
The project still has a few rough edges.
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Within its rough edges and moments of artifice, something raw and unresolved is uncovered.
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Plus, your lawn will likely get a better cut when obstacles are removed and rough edges are smoothed.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
The short’s dreamy black-and-white sequences, as well as its absence of character dialogue, sanded down AI’s rough edges.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Plus, your lawn will likely get a better cut when obstacles are removed and rough edges are smoothed.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
The short’s dreamy black-and-white sequences, as well as its absence of character dialogue, sanded down AI’s rough edges.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Rough edges.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rough%20edges. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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