unrefiningadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfaɪnɪŋ/ Now rare.
Not refining; spec. (formerly) not subtle or discerning in thought or language; (now usually) that does not make a person or thing more polished, cultured, or refined.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective]
blinda1400
unchoosinga1586
undiscerning1589
unrespective1609
irrespecting1625
promiscuous1633
incurious1645
indistinct1650
irrespective1650
uncritical1659
indiscerning1664
undistinguishing1665
undistinguishable1702
unrefining1735
indiscriminating1754
undiscriminating1776
indiscriminate1792
unfastidious1816
rough1819
lumping1827
indistinguishing1828
unparticularizing1828
farraginous1837
imperceiverant1844
scattergun1845
undistinctive1851
indiscriminative1854
unselecting1895
scattershot1961
1735 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 728/1 Let the following tale commend An honest, unrefining friend.
1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 239 A plain, unrefining Reader would think, That..the Issue..could not but be..happy.
1886 D. W. Thompson Wayside Thoughts x. 301 A life of busy, useful, but unrefining drudgery.
1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders xxii. 254 [She knew] how many hours a day or night the debased scrub-women devoted to their unrefining toil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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