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coarser

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for coarser.

Editorial note

Zell is coarser, and is on the right politically, but the essence of the story is the same.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of coarser gathered in one view.

adjective

Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

adjective

With a rough texture; not smooth.

adjective

Composed of large particles.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for coarser.

adjective

Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

adjective

With a rough texture; not smooth.

adjective

Composed of large particles.

adjective

Of inferior quality.

Example sentences

1

Zell is coarser, and is on the right politically, but the essence of the story is the same.

2

Machine learn a hierarchy where each coarser level has a subset which reasonably summarizes the next more detailed level.

3

Thus there’s an extra layer web apps have to pass, and that makes them slightly slower and coarser than native apps.

4

You could (try to) write coarser grained classes in Java too (granted, with static typing, it may be harder to do).

5

We have the steel filter, but find it only works for coarser grinds.

6

The composition of fresh pasta is much more delicate; it is softer, coarser and has less of a bite to it than dried pasta.

7

I imagine a graphics display could be managed at a coarser level of interleaving at the expense of floppy bandwidth.

8

It is not as dynamic as this and is coarser grained.

9

Outside, you can visualise a coarser graph of module dependencies.

10

Instead, going to a coarser representation should remove features.

11

Chrome's about:memory page contains much coarser measurements, for example.

12

Even at the scale that I've found this successful in you still have to consider that backward/forward compatibility, albeit at a much coarser grain.

Proper noun examples

1

Coarser-level application-specific permissions in the form of AppArmor profiles, installing daemons as their own users with chroots etc, is already available and deployed.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use coarser in a sentence?

Zell is coarser, and is on the right politically, but the essence of the story is the same.

What does coarser mean?

Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

What part of speech is coarser?

coarser is commonly used as adjective.