rough edges
plural noun
: things that need to be improved or finished
The project still has a few rough edges.
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Whatever the reason, through its first five episodes, The Rainmaker is a somewhat satisfying, thoroughly conventional legal thriller offering very few rough edges or opportunities for viewers to venture out of its fictional universe and into conversation with the real world.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Terrazas spent the next twenty minutes chiselling off any rough edges and seams.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Despite its rough edges, the suite is anything but rustic.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 21 July 2025
Instead, this production tries to hide its rough edges and half-hearted staging with a callow appeal to nostalgia for something that isn’t even very old yet.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Terrazas spent the next twenty minutes chiselling off any rough edges and seams.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Despite its rough edges, the suite is anything but rustic.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 21 July 2025
Instead, this production tries to hide its rough edges and half-hearted staging with a callow appeal to nostalgia for something that isn’t even very old yet.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for rough edges
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“Rough edges.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rough%20edges. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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