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The phrase "as crude" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare something to a crude or unrefined state or manner, often in a figurative sense.
Example: "The artist's early work was as crude as his later masterpieces were refined."
Alternatives: "as rough" or "as unrefined".
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That car was also as crude as a strip-club bouncer and roughly as classy.
The four advisers are as crude and slovenly as the Fab Five are sophisticated and sleek.
The show is as crude as ever".
Few people were quite as crude as Boesky.
But, in America, squatting registers as crude.
As crude as that sounds, it works.
president, who sometimes described her political opponents as crude invaders.
The schism in London himself wasn't as crude.
[C6.] Stocks Post Gains as Crude Oil Declines $2 a Barrel Stocks rallied as crude oil futures fell $2 a barrel.
Either way, nets and drumlines are increasingly painted as crude, antiquated shark-culling tools.
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The supernatant was used as 'crude protease extract' (CPE).
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