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as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
unrefined sugar
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as in clumsy
hastily or roughly constructed
an unrefined mountaineer's hut
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as in vulgar
lacking in refinement or good taste
guilty of such unrefined behavior as eating with their mouths open
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Recent Examples of unrefined
Overall, the healthfulness of starches depends on their source, as unrefined starches are generally more nutrient-dense than refined ones.15
The Link Between Starches and Carbs
Starch is a type of carbohydrate made of long chains of sugar molecules.
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Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Follow her steps below: 2 ½ cups whole wheat einkorn flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp unrefined sea salt
1 cup butter, softened
¾ cup coconut sugar (turn to powder in a blender)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl.
—Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 30 Sep. 2024
Beef tartare is scooped with fragrant cinnamon sticks in lieu of utensils, sugars are unrefined, grains are ground in-house.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
The show’s physical comedy, particularly from Price, feels unrefined, with many of the bits reading as either timid and unsure or worse, flailing and imprecise.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
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About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are from Canada.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2024
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About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, as are 85% of U.S. electricity imports.Rob Gillies and Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Never mind the clumsy wording — taxes on U.S. citizens working abroad aren’t excessive so much as excessively complicated — this is one campaign promise that may actually be fulfilled, given the Republican control of both houses of Congress.Tyler Cowen, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
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Walker believed traditional bass and treble controls were a clumsy way of tweaking tonal balance.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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The men would make vulgar comments to her, or about her, even in her presence.Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
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Opinion:Wildest moments of a chaotic and often vulgar presidential race Reach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontz@arizonarepublic.com.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Schrader’s recent work—shot rapidly, on low budgets—displays rough textures that run through the performances, the editing, the dialogue, and the sense of form.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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Deer damage is more likely to occur on younger trees, which are easier to reach and haven’t developed a thick, rough, protective bark yet.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
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Pop listeners tend to have (often misguided) opinions about those two genres: Rap is crass, country is uncool.Justin Curto, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
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What follows is an all-too-plausible scenario of crass consumerism gone wild, economic collapse and terror when all the apparats stop working.F.D. Flam, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
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Wondering how to get out of Dodge without being rude?Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
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And then, the clean station has its own 6 stage filtration system (main cycle, mess filter, single cyclone, coarse sponge, fine sponge, and HEPA 13 filter).Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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This prehistoric pottery, made from coarse clay with a reddish hue, was often used for everyday purposes like storage and cooking.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News, 18 July 2017
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Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.OregonLive.com, OregonLive.com, 12 July 2017
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“Unrefined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrefined. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.
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