crudity
noun
cru·di·ty
ˈkrü-də-tē 
plural crudities
1
: the quality or state of being crude
2
: something that is crude
Examples of crudity in a Sentence
the crudity of the drawing
The movie's crudities were supposed to be funny, but they didn't make me laugh.
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And thus the audience is stuck with this scenario, which complicates in intensity and with a linguistic relish that has its funny moments (for some, anyway), but also features a lot of crudity that really wrenches you away from the typical landscape of the classy, urban American farce.
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Yet Burr never stoops to crudity.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Everything else was affected by its gravitational pull and drawn into the work of dilating it further—even the firms rumored to be at the farthest remove from the crudity, even negative emissions technologies and the market on which their credits circulated.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
But Shelly will still go on about the crudity of newer shows in town, insisting that Razzle Dazzle has an elegant French tone.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Yet Burr never stoops to crudity.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Everything else was affected by its gravitational pull and drawn into the work of dilating it further—even the firms rumored to be at the farthest remove from the crudity, even negative emissions technologies and the market on which their credits circulated.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
But Shelly will still go on about the crudity of newer shows in town, insisting that Razzle Dazzle has an elegant French tone.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crudity
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“Crudity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crudity. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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crudity
noun
cru·di·ty
ˈkrüd-ət-ē
plural crudities
1
: the quality or state of being crude
2
: something that is crude
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