crude but effective
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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 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
Since the beginning of 2018, Kim has shown signs that, after having developed what he considers a crude but effective nuclear deterrent, he’s interested in restarting limited diplomatic engagement with the rest of the world.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2018
The examples here shown are rather crude, but effective in the relative scale of parts.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy by Various
