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Unpolished is a related term of ignorant.


As an adjective unpolished

is not polished; not brought to a polish.

As a noun ignorant is

ignorant person, ignoramus.

unpolished

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not polished; not brought to a polish.
  • Deprived of polish.
  • Not refined in manners; uncivilized; rude; plain.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * polished * refined * civilized

    Derived terms

    * unpolishedness

    References

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    ignorant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ignoraunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
  • * Tillotson
    • He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides.
  • * Dryden
    • Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
  • (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
    • His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant .
  • (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
  • * Shakespeare
    • ignorant concealment
  • * Shakespeare
    • Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
  • Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His shipping, / Poor ignorant baubles! — on our terrible seas, / Like eggshells moved.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ignorantly

    Related terms

    * ignorable * ignoramus * ignorance * ignore