adjective
1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
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behavior that branded him as common
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an untutored and uncouth human being
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an uncouth soldier—a real tough guy
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appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
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the vulgar display of the newly rich
• Similar to: ↑unrefined
• Derivationally related forms: ↑vulgarize (for: ↑vulgar), ↑vulgarity (for: ↑vulgar), ↑uncouthness (for: ↑uncouth), ↑commonness (for: ↑common), ↑commonality (for: ↑common), ↑coarseness (for: ↑coarse)
2. of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
• Syn: ↑roughhewn
• Similar to: ↑unfinished
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/ruf"kut"/, adj.
cut into small, irregular pieces (contrasted with fine-cut): rough-cut tobacco.
[1965-70]
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to cut sth quickly, without paying attention to the exact size
Useful english dictionary. 2012.