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comparative cruder, superlative crudest
In a natural, untreated state. examples
Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made. examples
Lacking concealing elements. examples
Lacking tact or taste. examples
(archaic) Immature or unripe.
(obsolete) Uncooked, raw. quotations
Her mete was very crude,She had not wel endude; […]
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, page 63, lines 77–78
(grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word. examples
countable and uncountable, plural crudes
Any substance in its natural state. examples
Crude oil. quotations examples
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847