crude but effective
Example Sentences
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The Pentagon is deploying to the Middle East a new kamikaze drone copied from a widely used Iranian version, turning to a crude but effective weapon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
The one used Nov. 7 was typical of UAVs used in crude but effective one-way “kamikaze” strikes, he said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2021
The Myanmar military’s disinformation was crude but effective.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
Another work curls delicate flowers around the jawbone of an ass, Samson’s crude but effective weapon against uncultured Philistines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2019
They filled out a card concerning me, led me to the tent pole, and measuring my height with a crude but effective instrument, announced “Tent Eight.”
From At Plattsburg by Allen French
