unpolished C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ʌnˈpɑlɪʃt/ UK /ʌnˈpɒlɪʃt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not polished; lacking refinement or finish The draft was rough and unpolished but full of ideas. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not polished; lacking... roughcrudecoarserawunrefinedmattedull ↔ Opposites polishedrefinedglossysmooth Word family Related forms polishpolishedunpolish Etymology AI details From un- ('not') + polished, from polish, from Old French poliss-, stem of polir, from Latin polire ('to make smooth'). un- Old English polire Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # unpolished **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ʌnˈpɑlɪʃt/ **IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈpɒlɪʃt/ ## Meanings 1. not polished; lacking refinement or finish ## Examples - The draft was rough and unpolished but full of ideas. ## Synonyms - rough - crude - coarse - raw - unrefined - matte - dull ## Antonyms - polished - refined - glossy - smooth ## Related Forms - polish - polished - unpolish ## Roots and Affixes - Root: un- - Root: polire ## Etymology From un- ('not') + polished, from polish, from Old French poliss-, stem of polir, from Latin polire ('to make smooth'). ## AI Etymology Unpolished comes from un- ('not') + polished, from polish, from Old French poliss-, stem of polir, from Latin polire ('to make smooth'). The historical chain includes Old English un- and Latin polire. The quoted older senses, "not" and "to make smooth", supply the semantic anchors for unpolished. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word unpolished carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "not polished; lacking refinement or finish". Related English forms include polish, polished, and unpolish. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown