unchiseled

adj — 2 senses

unchiseled

adj

Etymology From un- + chiseled.

1

Not chiseled.

2

Figuratively Not fully experienced or refined.

  • A rugged and massive genius at the outset, as his life was verging to its close and reflection usurped the place of experience, a rugged and massive genius Aeschylus remains, still unchiseled to the smoothness of a more delicate artistry.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, pages 153-154:

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