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  • 71barbarian — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. foreigner, outsider, alien, savage; ruffian (See evildoer). adj. uncivilized, barbarous. See unconformity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Uncivilized] Syn. primitive, uncivilized, barbaric, barbarous,… …

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  • 72boorish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ill mannered, vulgar, rude; rustic, clownish. See vulgarity, discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ill mannered, clumsy, churlish, insensitive; see rude 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at rude . III… …

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  • 73humble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lowly, unassuming, modest (see humility); poor, obscure, paltry, mean. v. t. abase, shame, humiliate. See modesty, obscurity, piety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Meek] Syn. lowly, submissive, gentle,… …

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  • 74tasteless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insipid, flat; inelegant; inept, clumsy, vulgar, savorless, unappetizing. See insipidity, vulgarity, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking flavor] Syn. unsavory, dull, bland, unseasoned,… …

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  • 75uncouth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. boorish, rude, crude, common, vulgar, uncultivated; ill mannered, clumsy; strange, unusual; awkward, gauche, ungraceful. See vulgarity, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ungainly, clumsy,… …

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  • 76uncultivated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uncultured, unrefined, uncouth, rough; illiterate; wild, untilled, primeval. See ignorance, unpreparedness. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. In a primitive state; not domesticated or… …

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  • 77unsophisticated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ingenuous, innocent, simple, guileless, artless. See innocence, simpleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Naive] Syn. inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, simple, artless; see also inexperienced , naive …

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  • 78unpolished — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Rough] Syn. uneven, unlevel, unvarnished; see raw 2 , unfinished 2 . 2. [Vulgar] Syn. unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, crude, uncouth; see also awkward 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not perfected,… …

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  • 79impolite — (adj.) 1610s, unrefined, rough, from L. impolitus unpolished, rough, unrefined, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + politus polished (see POLITE (Cf. polite)). Sense of discourteous, ill mannered is from 1739.… …

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  • 80rough — adjective 1》 having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level. 2》 not gentle; violent or boisterous: rough treatment.     ↘(of weather or the sea) wild and stormy. 3》 not finished tidily; plain and basic.     ↘unsophisticated or… …

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