crude: meaning and definitions

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What is crude?

What is crude?

  • Being in an unrefined or natural state; raw.
  • Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive: a crude, mannerless oaf; a crude remark.
  • Characterized by uncultured simplicity; lacking in sophistication or subtlety: had only a crude notion of how a computer works.
  • Not carefully or skillfully made; rough: a quick, crude sketch.
  • Undisguised or unadorned; plain: must face the crude truth.
  • Statistics In an unanalyzed form; not adjusted to allow for related circumstances or data.
  • Archaic Unripe or immature.
  • A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.

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