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Crudeness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state of being crude

n. A crude act or characteristic.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Rawness; unripeness; an unprepared or undigested state: as, the crudeness of flesh or plants.

n. The character or state of being ignorantly, inexactly, or unskilfully made or done; immaturity; imperfection: as, the crudeness of a theory.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a wild or unrefined state

n. an unpolished unrefined quality

n. an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement

Word Usage

"So far, I'd say the energy isn't quite there (nor even the crudeness, not the right kind of crudeness anyway) but it's not too late for the book; it still may end strong."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wild natural state state of nature inelegance impoliteness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

rawness unripeness immatureness crudity

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

fewness inelegance crudities repulsiveness size-up