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rough edges

1. if a piece of work or a performance has rough edges, some parts of it are not of very good quality He's a great footballer, but his game still has a few rough edges.

2. if a person has rough edges, they do not always behave well and politely I knew him before he was successful, and he had a lot of rough edges back then.

See also: edge, rough

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