crude
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4.6
- adjective
- /kruːd/
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rudimentario
- The artist created a crude sculpture using only found materials and basic tools.
- a crude wooden bench
- a crude measure
- a crude estimate
And the truth is it's a very crude indicator of your health.
- And the truth is it's a very crude indicator of your health.
- Again, this is crude, crude calculations, right?
- Second is a crude mission to the moon, but not land yet.
- So this is just a crude apparatus.
- We're just seeing a very crude approximation.
- These scribblings and crude drawings were the basis for the World of Tears series.
- You have a very crude box around the cat's face saying this is a cat.
Examples
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In the early years of the century, Pearse constructed a crude flying machine and made several attempts to get airborne.
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And the truth is it's a very crude indicator of your health.
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We shall try to provide some very crude tests of each of the three factors identified above.
Academic text (1991) -
I hope you will admire my crude efforts.
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Of course, your technique is a bit crude, but that has its advantages.
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In all, the measures of lost work time must be fairly crude estimates of orders of magnitude.
Academic text (1990) -
A set of study questions is good, but is only a crude approximation of the real thing.
Academic text (1999) -
And so that's just my argument that crude maps can be useful.
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These scribblings and crude drawings were the basis for the World of Tears series.
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A stout iron lock in a hasp held shut a crude door of wooden slats.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
164
1.0
Not smooth and often harsh in sound
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5.9
Made by people without training, with a simple, direct style
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4.2
Rude in behaviour or style, showing little politeness and bad taste
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8.5
Made quickly in a rough way that may not last
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6.6
Simple and not carefully made but good enough for the job
Done in a rough, clumsy way that shows little skill
Antonyms
Compounds
How Well Made
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crude comes from the Latin crudus meaning 'raw', so think of something made quickly and not smoothed or finished. That's why a crude tool looks rough and simple.