Crossword clues for crudeness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crudeness \Crude"ness\, n. A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being crude 2 (context countable English) A crude act or characteristic.
WordNet
n. a wild or unrefined state [syn: crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness]
an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness" [syn: crudity, gaucheness]
an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" [syn: roughness]
Usage examples of "crudeness".
Colonel Mashbir played a major role in drafting and delivering a series of Japanese-language broadcasts, and his approach was blunt to the point of crudeness.
The point of the satire is directed against the brutish and selfish crudeness and barbarity of the uneducated country gentry.
But this development, yet in its infancy, and pursued with much crudeness and misconception of the end, is not enough.