Sentence examples for crude but functional from inspiring English sources

The official told CBS they contained crude but functional low-ordnance explosive devices.

Some people will buy a bottle of Perrier water for the visceral design of the bottle, even if it costs more than similar water in a crude but functional plastic bottle.

Authorities say that the packages intercepted on Friday had all the hallmarks of the earlier packages, which were confirmed to contain what authorities have classified as "crude but functional" pipe bombs.

Based on a photo of the device sent to the CNN offices, experts say that the bombs are crude but probably functional, and appear to be the handiwork of an amateur.

THE arm of a typical industrial robot is a crude-looking but functional implement designed for a single job, such as placing tiny components onto a circuit board or painting a car.

As was always the case when he and Bonita spoke to each other neither remotely fluent in the other's language the information exchange was crude yet functional.

The measured interfacial rheology data indicated completely different interfacial behavior at crude oil-water interface when compared to air-water interface due to the presence of crude oil functional groups.

Nothing fancy, but functional".

But "functional" from whose perspective?

AMENITIES Bare-bones, but functional.

The framework is silly but functional.