unrefined information
noun phraseUK /ˌʌnrɪˈfaɪnd ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/
US /ˌʌnrɪˈfaɪnd ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/
Information that has not been cleaned up or checked yet.
The report was full of unrefined information that still needed to be sorted and verified.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Facts collected straight from a source without any sorting or organizing.
The survey gave us unrefined information that we later turned into charts.
3. Rough notes or observations that have not been edited or summarized.
Her notebook held unrefined information from the field trip.
4. Basic, unpolished knowledge that still needs to be explained clearly.
The teacher turned the unrefined information into a simple lesson.