Definition for CRUDE'NESS

CRUDE'NESS, n.

  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.

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