unpolished

Example Sentences

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Spare guitar chords give way to a female voice that sounds unpolished but beautiful: “I want to lay with you/ In an open field/ Where yellow flowers are suns of Earth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

On a conference call last April, an ad agency partner began presenting unpolished AI-generated images to make a point: Artificial intelligence wasn’t ready to take center stage in advertising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

And while she praised the "thoughtful design" of parts of the game she said the overall delivery was "unpolished".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

Pop hooks — perhaps from a trombone or an accordion — support raw, seemingly unpolished voices, even as the band arrangements demand real-time virtuosity.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

It was raw steel, unpolished but expertly shaped.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin