coarseness
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Coarseness reinforces the message that the candidate is different.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2016
Grades of Coarseness or Fineness of Emery Wheels.—Emery is found in the form of rock, and is crushed into the various grades of fineness.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Coarseness, gruffness, lack of delicacy find no place there.
From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett
Coarseness and meanness are on no account to be tolerated.—
From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
Coarseness of texture indicates a coarseness of function; while a fine organization indicates a corresponding fineness of mentality.
From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.
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A Room of One's Own
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