The direction, however, lacks polish and is not convincing.

All this is delivered by a smiling, very friendly service staff who lack polish but are willing.

His film lacks polish and momentum, but it has a cheerful, good-natured feeling.

They may still lack Galactic polish and sophistication, but that deficit has sometimes been an advantage to them.

When the orchestra was on its own, the music making lacked the same cohesion and polish.

The drums weren't hard enough, the guitar was weak, and the production lacked polish.

Overall, the game was described as competent but lacking polish.

The pieces were good to hear, even in performances that in some cases lacked full polish.

In the end, Ewing's performance lacked polish, but he still had star power in the eyes of the officials.

There is no doubt about it, the place lacks polish.