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unsmooth

(ʌnˈsmuːð)
adj
coarse or unrefined
vb (tr)
to ruffle (something); to remove smoothness from (something)
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Adj.1.unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"
unironed, wrinkled - (of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans"
unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes"
irregular - contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices"
coarse, harsh - of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
nonslippery - not slippery; not likely to slip or skid
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References in classic literature ?
Tomorrow ere fresh Morning streak the East With first approach of light, we must be ris'n, And at our pleasant labour, to reform Yon flourie Arbors, yonder Allies green, Our walks at noon, with branches overgrown, That mock our scant manuring, and require More hands then ours to lop thir wanton growth: Those Blossoms also, and those dropping Gumms, That lie bestrowne unsightly and unsmooth, Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease; Mean while, as Nature wills, Night bids us rest.
The negotiations were unsmooth because the leadership of Pertamina Negotiation Team was replaced twice during the 1994-1996 period.
Unwittingly he anticipates his wife's similar question, after his death, about their own unsmooth relationship: "what really happened to us, George?" (311).
They are giving us a very unsmooth implementation." 10 More Aid Contracts, supra note 238.
The diffuse type presents with thickening in the unsmooth gallbladder wall (6,11).
The corresponding solutions are given by a Bayesian approach based on particle filter framework, in which the state-transition trends are modeled by historical trends to construct an initial solution providing past travel time patterns, as well as the sampling strategy that focuses on a fundamental issue of the irregular, unsmooth TTDs directly constructed by the only real-time FCD and allows much less real-time information.
Additionally, the seeker simulator motor angular velocity response curve has bigger random fluctuation around zero compared with the target simulator motor angular velocity response curve, which is because that the shaft of the seeker simulator motor is more unsmooth. Still, this disturbance has little influence on the closed-loop HIL simulation; the simulation results are shown in the next section.
1, when the seam obtained by dynamic programming passes through unsmooth region (Fig.
The higher resolution picture of a single HPW@yeast microsphere (Figure 1(e)) indicates that the surface of species has smooth and continuous textural taints, although part of areas on the surface of the species still remains rough and unsmooth.
However, unsmooth migration to new products and Motorola, one of its major customers, losing market share eroded the company's earnings since 2006.