Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crudeness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crudeness
n 1: a wild or unrefined state [syn: {crudity}, {primitiveness},
{primitivism}, {rudeness}]
2: an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or
refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness"
[syn: {crudity}, {gaucheness}]
3: an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier
dwellings depressed her" [syn: {roughness}]
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