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crudeness

noun as in artlessness

noun as in barbarity

noun as in roughness

noun as in vulgarity

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That first draft of metabolism would almost certainly have been crude and poorly controlled, and it might not have even been organized into a complete cycle.

Porsche says that this fuel shares properties with kerosene, diesel and gasoline produced from crude oil in its most basic term.

Though they also use temperature checks, “that’s a pretty crude tool” says Nath, since someone could have been carrying the virus for days before they run a fever.

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It installed a 400-foot-long metal pipe, diverting rainwater from its natural path so the crude could continue to flow into the creekbed.

China imported $301 billion worth of semiconductors last year—more than the $238 billion it spent on crude oil.

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“First, the crudeness of the weapons,” he said, enumerating his reasons.

Koplitz seizes the opportunity, and diagnoses the crudeness of the outburst as symptoms of “pussy-repellant serial killers.”

That equation of crudeness with authenticity has a long pedigree in our culture.

One may easily criticize the crudeness of the plot and the improbabilities with which it bristles.

The ground of the superiority of hand-wrought goods, therefore, is a certain margin of crudeness.

The crudeness of his surroundings made him sit up with a start.

There is something of the crudeness of cheap melodrama about it all, but at the same time a virility which satisfies.

His colouring tends towards crudeness; his careful execution and finish are remarkable.

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On this page you'll find 404 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crudeness, such as: awkwardness, clumsiness, gawkiness, gracelessness, inelegance, and ineptitude.

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

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