Abstract noun; can function as an uncountable mass noun or as a countable noun referring to specific instances of lack of refinement.
Übersetzungen
His table manners betrayed a certain unrefinement that embarrassed his hosts.
Ses manières à table trahissaient une certaine absence de raffinement qui embarrassait ses hôtes.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
grossièretéS’emploie pour une manifestation concrète de manque de raffinement ; registre courant. Definitionen
Lack of refinement; the state or quality of being crude, coarse, or unsophisticated. His table manners betrayed a certain unrefinement that embarrassed his hosts.
A specific instance or manifestation of being unrefined. The speech contained several linguistic unrefinements that critics were quick to note.