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unpolite

unpolite adjective: unsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured.

Adjective

unpolite (comparative more unpolite, superlative most unpolite)

  1. (obsolete) Unsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured.
  2. (Canada, US) Lacking in good manners; impolite, discourteous.
    • [H]e has all along, by his threatening and unpolite behaviour to my friends, and whenever he ſpeaks of them, given me reaſon to conclude, that there is more malice to them, than regard to me, in his perſeverance.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 66

Forms of unpolite

comparativemore unpolite
superlativemost unpolite

Origin of unpolite

From un- + polite. Compare earlier unpolished.

Words formed from unpolite

Questions about unpolite

What does unpolite mean?
Unpolite means unsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured.
What part of speech is unpolite?
Unpolite is an adjective.

Words near unpolite in the dictionary

  1. unpolished
  2. unpolishedness
  3. unpolishes
  4. unpolishing
  5. unpolisht
  6. unpolite
  7. unpolitely
  8. unpoliteness
  9. unpolitic
  10. unpolitical
  11. unpolitically

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