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crudeness

  • a word derived from crude.
    crude
    adjective
    in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural.

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But the intensity of the sound adds a crudeness to the instrumental ensemble, which can be all harp or ear-shatter clarinet, and reduces the individuality of singers’ voices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

There is nothing conservative about prejudice and crudeness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

"Ireland and Europe has a larger trade deficit with the US and that's the crudeness through which this has been calculated," he told BBC News NI.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

“It doesn’t bother me,” she said of Trump’s insults and crudeness.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2023

And with a most clumsy technique, the audacity and crudeness of which I could hardly believe.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro