crude
noun
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
adjective
not carefully or expertly made
“managed to make a crude splint”
“a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”
Synonymsroughconspicuously and tastelessly indecent
“coarse language”
“a crude joke”
not refined or processed
“unrefined ore”
“crude oil”
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
“the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man”
“primitive movies of the 1890s”
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
“the blunt truth”
“the crude facts”
not processed or subjected to analysis
“raw data”
“the raw cost of production”
Synonymsraw
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
