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rough

Definition for rough

adjective as in basic, incomplete

adjective as in approximate

Strongest matches

foggy, hazy, sketchy, uncertain

Strong matches

estimated, general

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Example Sentences

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Ms. Garner has long been interested in male power and violence, and footy, as it’s known, is a rough sport.

Khrushchev dictated a rough draft of a defiant response to the Americans.

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As she marched through the cloudy water, the ocean became shallower and rougher.

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I put a rough plan together and tried my best.

"It means with essentially a hundred percent certainty that we will have a very rough time before it potentially gets better," he told AFP.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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