unrefinev.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfaɪn/ transitive. To reverse an act of refining (a person or thing); to make less refined.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > deprive of refinement [verb (transitive)]
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] > make unrefined
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1771 Mem. Mr Wilson II. 114 May barbarism unrefine me, if I don't glory in the success of my plot.
1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 27. 214 How I wish you could a little unrefine yourself.
1869 H. Bushnell Women's Suffrage v. 101 Where away goes the refinement of the polls, when the polls have unrefined the refiner?
1998 R. E. Bank PLTMG iii. 25 In the case of unrefinement, the basic step consists of deleting vertices from the mesh, rather then [sic] directly unrefining elements.
2012 Caterer & Hotelkeeper (Nexis) 10 Feb. I've spent my career trying to refine food to the highest level, now I am trying to unrefine it without losing quality and essence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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