"rough around the edges" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-rough around the edges.ogg [Australia] Forms: rougher around the edges [comparative], roughest around the edges [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|rougher around the edges|head=rough around the edges|sup=roughest around the edges}} rough around the edges (comparative rougher around the edges, superlative roughest around the edges)
  1. (idiomatic) In need of refinement; unsophisticated. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: rough round the edges Related terms: rough edges, rough and ready Translations (in need of refinement): hiomaton (Finnish), brut de décoffrage (French), niedoskonały (Polish), грубоватый (grubovatyj) (Russian), tosco (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rough_around_the_edges-en-adj-HIutKtMq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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