crudeness

English

Etymology

crude +‎ -ness

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.

Synonyms

• crudity