crude
Other forms: crudest; cruder; crudes
Is it gross? Unsophisticated? Totally tasteless and positively offensive? Then you can describe it as crude.
Crude is not rude when it’s used to describe unprocessed oil, which it first was associated with in 1865. From the Latin crudo, meaning "rough, raw," crude today can be used to describe anything or anyone that's unrefined and rough around the edges. So don’t be too insulted by the large-nosed portrait that cartoonist made for you. It’s just a quick, crude drawing meant to be funny.
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belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
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not carefully or expertly made
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not refined or processed“crude oil”
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synonyms:
unprocessed, unrefined
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not processed or subjected to analysis“only the crude vital statistics”
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synonyms:
raw
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unanalyzed
not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination
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unanalyzed
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devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
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conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
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a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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synonyms:
crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil
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types:
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resid, residual oil
oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled
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type of:
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fossil fuel
fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
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oil
a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
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resid, residual oil
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