Crude and Deficient

Crude

Crude adjective - Being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining.

Deficient and crude are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Crude".

Nearby Words: crudity, crudely

Deficient

Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.

Crude and deficient are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crude" instead an adjective "Deficient".

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently
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