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  • adjective comparative form of crude: more crude

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  • The first consequence of this realization might at the same time be called the cruder one: an attempt to promote in the most exemplary way those elements within the national community that have been recognized as especially valuable from the racial viewpoint and to provide for their special increase.

    Mein Kampf Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 1925

  • After the O'Donnell remarks, there were comments from some conservative bloggers referring to her body, in terms cruder and more sexual than Ingraham's "plus-sized" putdown.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • After the O'Donnell remarks, there were comments from some conservative bloggers referring to her body, in terms cruder and more sexual than Ingraham's "plus-sized" putdown.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • After the O'Donnell remarks, there were comments from some conservative bloggers referring to her body, in terms cruder and more sexual than Ingraham's "plus-sized" putdown.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • After the O'Donnell remarks, there were comments from some conservative bloggers referring to her body, in terms cruder and more sexual than Ingraham's "plus-sized" putdown.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • She also pays welcome attention to music, though it is rather unfair to say that John Williams writes "cruder" music than James Horner: if Star Wars had been Aliens , Williams no doubt would have composed something different.

    Apparently The Head Of The Roman Catholic Church Is Called A "Pope" 2005

  • The only alternative is another gang of terrorists (the PLO) and Hamas is cruder and more backwards than Abbas and the other front guys for the PLO.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza 2010

  • Indeed, because he lived in Afghanistan and was captured on or near the battle area, he must know something of importance (this general philosophy, in an even cruder form, prevailed in Iraq as well, helping to produce the nightmare at Abu Ghraib).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next) 2010

  • If you're looking for cruder trash talk, the television analyst Mike Milbury derisively referred to Vancouver's underperforming Sedin brothers, Henrik and Daniel, as "Thelma and Louise."

    Playoff Fireworks, Minus the Stargazing Jason Gay 2011

  • It was cruder and less efficient than the bombs that were built afterward, but it was such a surefire device that the researchers in the Manhattan Project had never even bothered to test it.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

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