Being in a raw or unprepared state; not fitted for use by cooking, manufacture, or the like; not altered, refined, or prepared by any artificial process; not wrought: as, crude vegetables; the crude materials of the earth; crude salt; crude ore.Hence 3. Unrefined; unpolished; coarse; rough; gross: as, crude manners or speech; a crude feast.Not worked into the proper form; lacking finish, polish, proper arrangement, or completeness; hence, exhibiting lack of knowledge or skill; imperfect: said of things: as, a crude painting; a crude theory; a crude attempt.Characterized by lack of sufficient knowledge or skill; unable to produce what is finished, polished, or complete: said of persons.Synonyms Raw. Crude. See raw.