unpolished
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Early mixed-media pieces that combine articles of clothing and faux bricks feel unpolished, and other sculptures—oversize ice pops and a spring-mounted playground unicorn—are as superficial as his more iconic paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It feels like a relic from a bygone age of simplicity: an entire season of reality TV hinging on the social lives of a group of unpolished teenagers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
"He's an unpolished diamond, but one worth taking a punt on because the finer details and tactical understanding can be improved by Pep Guardiola. Forty million euros could look like peanuts in a decade's time."
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
The unpolished, somewhat broken and exposed interior is a nontraditional setting purposely chosen for an equally nontraditional show.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
As everywhere else in the world, the archaeological record in East Asia for most of human history reveals only the debris of hunter-gatherers using unpolished stone tools and lacking pottery.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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