Sentence examples for Lack of refinement from inspiring English sources

Once shunned because they weren't refined, it is their whole lack of refinement, or processing, which makes them valuable.

So when Yes Bank, an Indian financial house, writes in a report on luxury in India that "the market will only explode as Indians become more and more refined in their tastes and preferences," one wonders if a lack of refinement is really the problem.

Ultimately, it was the lack of refinement which tipped the balance to Owens.

Both were bitterly disillusioned by the lack of refinement of their idol.

Actually, the problem didn't seem to be a lack of refinement.

The worrying thing for the manager is that the lack of refinement has become a recurring theme.

Next, we investigated whether the lack-of-refinement phenotype observed in the axons ectopically expressing Zic2 is due to the misexpression of Sert.

The ectopic expression of Zic2 in cRGCs leads to a lack-of-refinement phenotype of their axons, a defect that is partially reverted after application of fluoxetine indicating, at least in part, this phenotype is caused by induction of Sert.

Despite the lack of refinements we enjoyed barbecued chicken and rice on paper plates, with cold cans of Panama beer.

Nabokov thought that Wilson's enthusiasm for "Doctor Zhivago," which appeared in English translation in 1958, showed a lack of critical refinement; and in 1965 Wilson published a review of Nabokov's translation of Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" in which he recklessly challenged Nabokov's knowledge of Russian.

Much is made of the traits of individual characters, such as Del's lack of cultural refinement, despite his pretensions, best seen in his misuse of French phrases or his claims to be a yuppy; Rodney's gormless nature, resulting in him being labelled a "plonker" or a "dipstick" by Del; the general daftness of Grandad and Trigger, and the rampant snobbery of Boycie.