crude
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cruder
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displaying a lack of refinement or taste, often involving inappropriate content
- The comedian's crude jokes about sensitive topics offended several audience members.
- His crude remarks about the new employee's appearance were completely out of line.
- The movie was criticized for its crude humor, which many viewers found distasteful.
- She was taken aback by the crude language used in the otherwise professional meeting.
- The party was marked by crude behavior that made some guests uncomfortable.
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made in a simple, often hasty manner, lacking refinement or thoroughness
- His crude sketches captured the idea but lacked the detail needed for a final design.
- They built a crude model of the vehicle to demonstrate its basic function before creating a polished version.
- The crude map provided only the main landmarks, leaving out important paths and details for travelers.
- They created a crude prototype to test the basic concept before investing in a more refined model.
- The crude outline of the plan needed significant revisions before it could be presented to the team.
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(of natural substances such as oil) unprocessed and in raw form
- The refinery processes crude oil into various petroleum products like gasoline and diesel.
- Crude oil prices fluctuated due to geopolitical tensions affecting global supply.
- The crude material was refined into a polished final product through extensive processing.
- Crude diamonds were extracted from the mine and sent to be cut and polished.
- The documentary highlighted the environmental impact of crude oil extraction in fragile ecosystems.
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belonging to an initial stage of technological development
- The machine was a crude prototype, built from scrap metal.
- Early computers were crude compared to modern devices.
- The crude tools used by the villagers were effective but basic.
- Crude engineering solutions sometimes solve problems faster than complex ones.
- The bridge was constructed with crude materials and simple techniques.
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not refined, processed, or analyzed
- The scientist collected crude samples from the river for testing.
- The crude material was unsuitable for making finished products.
- The crude extract contained many impurities.
- Crude data from the survey needed cleaning before analysis.
- Crude iron is smelted to produce steel.
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lacking refinement, subtlety, or embellishment
- The artist's early work was crude but full of potential.
- Her crude imitation failed to capture the elegance of the original.
- The building's design was crude, with no decorative elements.
- He gave a crude estimate of the project's cost without calculations.