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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a crude form" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is basic, rough, or lacking refinement in its structure or presentation.
Example: "The artist's early sketches were a crude form of his later masterpieces, showcasing his initial ideas."
Alternatives: "a rough version" or "a basic representation".
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But I.S.L.M. is a crude form of Keynesianism.
Emigration was a crude form of disaster relief.
The tape is a crude form of memory, its contents doubling as data and code.
Mr. Fischer shook his head over Ms. Däubler-Gmelin's comments, which she has denied making in such a crude form.
This was the first time that motion capture (albeit in a crude form) was used in a video game.
"They did it in the hope of obtaining evidence against the rebels and also as a crude form of insurance claim against lost property," Ohlmeyer said.
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Sooner or later anyone who believes in innate human goodness is bound to reinvent the idea of evil in a cruder form.
"In the old days, there was the same concept but in a cruder form," said Bruce Hartshorn, president of Potomac Aerial Surveys, a surveying company in Frederick, Md. "It was all done by hand in ink on Mylar.
Anti-realism comes in many forms, but let us take as an example a (somewhat crude) form of verificationism.
Relief carving in stone was a medium of expression popular with the Sumerians and first appears in a rather crude form in Protoliterate times.
The Living Newspaper had been a relatively crude form of propaganda elsewhere.
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