rough-cut meaning and definition

ROUGH-CUT adjective

Definition of rough-cut (adjective)

1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
   • "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
   • synonyms: coarse, common, uncouth, vulgar
2. of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
   • synonyms: roughhewn