crudeness

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crudity roughness primitivism rudeness primitiveness gaucheness inability ignorance blindness incompetence impurity obscenity profanity harshness incapacity
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Antonyms

amity grace polish understanding balance beauty
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Hypernyms

wild inelegance natural state impoliteness state of nature

Examples

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. George Bernard Shaw

The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable. Fannie Flagg

There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness. Hermann Hesse

I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights. Alan Sugar

the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her Source: Internet

the whole town was famous for its crudeness Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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