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English
Etymology
From un- + polite. Compare earlier unpolished.
Adjective
unpolite (comparative more unpolite, superlative most unpolite)
- (obsolete) Unsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured.
- (now chiefly Canada, US) Lacking in good manners; impolite, discourteous.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: , volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: S Richardson; , →OCLC: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.