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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking in delicacy or refinement: barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar. See COURTESY, SMOOTH. 2. In a natural state and still not prepared for use: native, raw, unprocessed, unrefined. See CLEAN. 3. Lacking expert, careful craftsmanship: primitive, raw, rough, rude, unpolished. See GOOD.
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