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Adjective: barbaric  baa(r)'ber-ik [N. Amer], baa(r)'ba-rik [Brit]
  1. Without civilizing influences
    "barbaric practices";
    - barbarian, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit], wild
     
  2. Unrestrained and crudely rich
    "barbaric use of colour or ornament"

See also: noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, tasteless

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