crude
adjective
in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural.
crudeness
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a word derived from
crude.
Example Sentences
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For much of it the spectacle was the substance: the crudeness, the nocturnal tweeting, the sheer stylistic novelty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
"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
Indeed, the crudeness of the algorithm that embarrassed MSN shows just what makes modern media outlets so vulnerable to AI misinformation.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
I nod, open to anything that will take me away from the hulking crudeness known as Farooq, currently inside Baba’s.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
