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unhewn

ADJECTIVE

rough

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hard raw sketchy unpolished

STRONG

crude imperfect spartan uncut undressed

WEAK

austere cursory formless rough-and-ready roughhewn rudimentary shapeless uncompleted unfashioned unfinished unformed unprocessed unrefined unwrought

Antonyms

STRONGEST

pleasant sophisticated

WEAK

accurate calm complete courteous definite even level mild moderate nice polished polite precise refined regular smooth temperate

ADJECTIVE

rude

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coarse ignorant

WEAK

angular artless barbarous callow formless fresh green inartistic inelegant inexperienced inexpert makeshift primal raw rough roughhewn roughly made rudimental rudimentary shapeless simple uncivilized unconversant uncultivated unfashioned unfinished unformed unpolished unprocessed unrefined wild

Antonyms

WEAK

exact gradual kind mannerly nice polished polite refined respectful smooth sophisticated

ADJECTIVE

unperfected

Synonyms

WEAK

austere crude cursory formless hard imperfect preliminary raw rough-and-ready roughhewn rudimentary shapeless sketchy spartan tentative uncompleted uncut undressed unfashioned unfinished unformed unpolished unprocessed unrefined unwrought

Example Sentences

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The first 412 Cornellians were scrambling around the unhewn Ithaca campus in the autumn of 1868.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unjebanenjebet combed the showrooms of the local coffin makers, but found no coffin or unhewn block big enough for him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Life lies before us like the unhewn block of marble, and we may fashion it as we please.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus

Poets are born, not made; but careful study and patience serve to smooth the rough edges, as the edges are natural to the unhewn marble.

From Zula by Lindley, H. Esselstyn

This lower portion consists of a well-consolidated mass of unhewn stone.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

unhewn

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