coarse

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What's wrong with good old fashioned coarse salt or sugar?

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Quick take

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

adjective

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

adjective

of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for coarse.

adjective

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

adjective

See also: common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar

adjective

of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

Example sentences

What's wrong with good old fashioned coarse salt or sugar?

Projects are an awfully coarse measurement, you say?

I know this sounds a little coarse, but I really don't care about yet another new programming language.

"The fact of the matter is that language-based protection mechanisms are too coarse.

I've maintained for awhile now that the distinction isn't between "big" and "small" data, but between coarse and fine data.

The problem with touch is that's a coarse-resolution input.

But they're too coarse-grained and rigid to work the promised way, which is as primitives for software problem-solving.

Also, the thrusting resolution is rather coarse: if the apogee is any higher than about halfway to the edge, two clicks will send the bird into the barrier, so you only get one attempt.