unrefined
Example Sentences
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But cargoes of oil products like gasoline and diesel came to 1.3 million barrels a day, accounting for only 11% of the overall flows—the rest was unrefined crude oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Guinea and Ghana have restricted exports of unrefined gold, while Mali is building its first refinery with help of a Russian firm.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Under a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour to produce biofertiliser -- part of a growing effort to tackle anxieties over the supply of chemical fertilisers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
And, unfortunately, when Tesfaye is acting outside the confines of a music video, his chops are unrefined and fairly laughable.
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
Swart was a young man, and I explained to him that brown rice was the unrefined rice kernel, and we used to eat it during the war when white rice was unavailable.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
