How to Use unpolished in a Sentence

unpolished

adjective

• But there are many who look at the NBA’s farm system as a pool of unpolished gems.
  — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 13 June 2018
• There was no doubt that the young man, though unpolished, was promising.
  — Aliya S. King, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2019
• The game looks still looks unpolished compared to other open-world fare from the past five years.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
• Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater — the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard.
  — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
• But you’d be hard pressed to find anything naïve or unpolished about the work itself.
  — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2020
• Many thought Philip to be too brusque, too unpolished, too German, too Greek, too. . .
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2021
• This test proved it could be done, but the Cusk used an unpolished, jerry-rigged system.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2017
• So, look out for the unpolished description in the dealer’s write up.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
• An A. & R. person there, Nick Halkes, thought that the track sounded unpolished, but the two struck up a friendship.
  — Matthew Trammell, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• One of the unpolished ceramic floor tiles bears the pawprints of a large dog that must have stepped into a mold full of wet clay.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2023
• The boss was looking him over, taking in his usual jacket, tie, and trousers, the unpolished shoes.
  — Claire Keegan, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• Suddenly, my unpolished nails seem like a choice and not a lack of trying.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 12 Sep. 2021
• Ryder and company were raw, unpolished and volatile, and all the better for it.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 25 May 2021
• They look unpolished, but Marvel still has three months to go until the She-Hulk release date.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 18 May 2022
• This is an unpolished agate from the shores of Lake Superior, my home.
  — Michael McKnight, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Taken together, though, in the span of the game's opening hours, the whole things feel a bit more unpolished than the long wait would justify.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2019
• Collins isn’t enough to offset the problems created by the team’s unpolished linebackers and free safeties.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• His fastball sits in the mid-90s and his breaking stuff is unpolished but has potential.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 9 June 2017
• Can't have unpolished toes in yoga class, or anywhere else.
  — Candace Higginbotham, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2014
• Can't have unpolished toes in yoga class, or anywhere else.
  — Candace Higginbotham, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
• The lasers whirling above the dancers’ heads — more fit for Allstate Arena than the Athenaeum Theatre — were equally unpolished, seeming to turn on and off willy-nilly.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2018
• Stalter also turns out to have a pretty, if unpolished, singing voice.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2023
• The hunt for unpolished gems in-house is becoming a necessity, not a choice.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
• What doesn't: The line deliveries of its untrained cast feel unpolished at times.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
• With a shoestring budget and the limited special effects of the era, the showrunners embraced the unpolished and clunky look of their aliens and robots to make a show that was, at the very least, fun.
  — cleveland.com, 2 June 2017
• Since then, the star has rebuked the ideas that comfortable ensembles have to be unpolished or schlubby.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
• The home, which is colored with muted taupes, grays and greens, uses low-wattage lighting and unpolished brass finishes to set the mood.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2021
• For Fort Myers Beach, that could mean losing the unpolished charm that gave it an everyman appeal.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Of course, their unpolished style is now a powerful source of nostalgia.
  — Monica Kim, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021
• Its setbacks are part of a pattern of stumbles across the world of generative A.I., as companies release unpolished products.
  — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 6 June 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024