Synonym: raw, rough, vulgar. Antonym: refined. Similar words: prudent, trudge, erudite, drudgery, grudgingly, crust, crush, accrue. Meaning: [kruːd] n. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. adj. 1. not carefully or expertly made 2. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent 3. not refined or processed 4. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness 5. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment 6. not processed or subjected to analysis.
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91. The crude and splenetic expression and presentation of such views suggested irrational pathological prejudice rather than a coherent ideology.
92. Their stone points are very crude and we can cut their nets easily.
93. The Ojibwa, Gary told me, make no crude distinction between the quick and the dead.
94. February crude dropped 88 cents to $ 18. 79 a barrel, the largest decline since March 28, 1994.
95. She tried to ignore his coarse jokes and crude innuendoes -- he was obviously drunk.
96. The earliest skis were crude, consisting of short boards covered in fur skins.
97. Some members of the elite find his occasional use of crude language offensive.
98. But the crude over-emphases jostle with touches of true subtlety.
99. The dwindling supplies of crude oil and natural gas are frequently discussed in newspaper articles.
100. Nor were differences found when crude measures of social functioning was examined.
101. Both sets of figures have been driven by the price of crude oil.
102. It is little short of a national disgrace that allocations are still being made using such a crude approach.
103. The best one could expect was a crude imitation in an obviously fruity,[http://sentencedict.com/crude.html] superficially appealing style.
104. There are numerous hidden snags to this rather crude formula, but the basic idea is sound.
105. The refinery turns crude oil into usable products such as gas and tar.
106. Where relatively crude barbarians had once been ruled by a highly civilized people, the tables were now turned.
107. For neural nets and genetic algorithms, it is not so much fallible as crude.
108. A more cynical assessment would be that the Interception of Communications Act 1985 is a crude example of political management.
109. The available statistical evidence bears out this crude relationship between years of education and earnings.
110. The port closings halted crude oil exports from state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos during the weekend and on Monday.
111. The basic fallacy in all variations of these theories is their crude mechanistic economic determinism.
112. Glass crashed on to cobbles as soldiers bashed out window-panes to make crude loopholes for muskets.
113. Crude oil is the world's most important commodity and crude oil is priced in dollars.
114. The men started gathering wood to construct a crude shelter.
115. Oil stocks were looking battered following a slide in the price of crude.
116. Firstly, however, the crude comparisons between action and control samples in terms of institutionalisation are made.
117. Evening found her in despair at the crude grey mass.
118. Minimum operating levels are stockpiles of crude and refined products held by refiners that are considered adequate to meet average seasonal demand.
119. Internet video broadcasts still are crude but have the potential to one day reach acceptable quality.
120. The plan contained no provisions for the long-term clean-up that would have been necessary if the tanker had been carrying heavier crude.