unpolite

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ polite. Compare earlier unpolished.

Adjective

unpolite (comparative more unpolite, superlative most unpolite)

1. (obsolete) Unsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured. [17th–20th c.]
2. (now chiefly Canada, US) Lacking in good manners; impolite, discourteous. [from 17th c.]
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 57:

     [H]e has all along (by his threatening and unpolite behaviour to my friends, and whenever he speaks of them) given me reason to conclude, that there is more malice to them, than regard to me, in his perseverance.