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as in raw
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
a sizable spill of crude oil along a coastline is the worst kind of environmental disaster
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as in primitive
belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development
the crude stone tools that those prehistoric peoples used
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as in vulgar
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
crude jokes can be considered sexual harassment
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as in crass
lacking in refinement or good taste
any discussion of one's money is considered crude by the club's blue-blooded members
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as in clumsy
hastily or roughly constructed
a crude hut that was constructed by some shipwrecked sailors
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as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the blatant crudeness of the remark first made him blush and then made him angry
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as in rudeness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
the lowbrow crudeness of the commentary at the fashion show horrified her
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Recent Examples of crude
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
The cause of the rupture and the volume of crude oil spilled was not immediately available.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
More so, because bearish sentiment was already well entrenched in world’s crude markets before the latest events unfolded.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The price of crude oil tumbled to its lowest level since 2021.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Russia has managed to relieve some of the pressure of oil sanctions by selling crude oil to third countries, such as India, which is then purchased as refined oil products from these nations by Western countries, Liuhto said.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
The cause of the rupture and the volume of crude oil spilled was not immediately available.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
More so, because bearish sentiment was already well entrenched in world’s crude markets before the latest events unfolded.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The price of crude oil tumbled to its lowest level since 2021.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crude
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On an island with just a few hundred residents, where every road leads straight to the coast, the luxury lies in its natural beauty, raw, wild, and unchanged in its expansiveness.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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Their music combines raw, percussive energy with elements of traditional Congolese rhythms, noise and avant-garde experimentation.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.—
Joseph J. Kolb,
Fox News,
18 July 2017
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Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.—
OregonLive.com,
OregonLive.com,
12 July 2017
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The Europeans were enchanted by the expressive fluency that the New York critics had considered vulgar.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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The chief spoke at the LAPD’s Police Commission weekly meeting Tuesday, a day after news broke that officers from the department’s recruitment and employment division had been unknowingly recorded making vulgar comments, including while talking about police applicants.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Those other countries don’t seem to have the same proportion of crass blowhards in their political structure as the U.S.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Slipshod, crass, and sick, these jokes, dialling in from abroad and at home, were distinct from the humor that had followed other U.S. catastrophes.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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Imagine being cuddled by long-legged, clumsy poodles.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2025
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That’s — actually kind of genius, especially if the Poet was a clumsy fella who needed that kind of precautionary measure.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Sure, the product is important, but kindness—the opposite of rudeness and apathy—is what keeps them coming back.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Justifying one rudeness by citing another is ruder.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2025
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While poaching and a loss of natural prey also contribute to the snow leopard’s decline, communities are working to foster peaceful coexistence between herders and wildlife.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Apr. 2025
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Their work spans both natural and built environments, and is committed to the discovery of new material and social possibilities.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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Instead of making something miraculous out of rudimentary materials, Government Cheese has a pantry of fine ingredients but never puts together anything palatable.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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This enables the system to plan novel action sequences to achieve specified goals—a rudimentary form of reasoning and planning.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Crude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crude. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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