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Webster 1913 Edition


Crudeness

Crude′ness

,
Noun.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crudeness

CRUDENESS

,
Noun.
1.
Rawness; unripeness; an undigested or unprepared state; as the crudeness of flesh or plants, or of any body in its natural state.
2.
A state of being unformed, or indigested; immatureness; as the crudeness of a theory.

Definition 2024


crudeness

crudeness

English

Noun

crudeness (countable and uncountable, plural crudenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being crude
  2. (countable) A crude act or characteristic.
    • 1960, Henry Steele Commager, "Is Ivy Necessary?" Saturday Review, vol. 43, 17 Sep., p. 86,
      We will never eliminate the crudenesses, the anti-intellectual rules, the mucker pose in higher education, until we give the universities back to faculty and students.

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