as in crass
lacking in refinement or good taste
having been brought up in a genteel family, she began to resent her fiancé's lowbred ways
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Adjective
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Each project presented at MIA is picked with a genuine desire for these works to come to the fore, not by crass commercial considerations.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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The president has been targeting Jeffries online with offensive and vulgar memes since the pair first had an unsuccessful sit-down meeting in the Oval Office just before the shutdown.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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One room cracked up at a vulgar joke about a woman’s behind, while another went for an outrageous and surreal midfilm montage — but each bit was made genuinely funnier by the dozens of people gasping and wheezing over it.—
Robert Rubsam,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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It’s still considered rude, and people on both sides tend to feel bad about it, albeit in different ways.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Is it meant to suggest something about focaccia’s typically dimpled surface, in which case … kinda rude?—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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There’s a common theme with Steen, Arbour and Jackman — all three players were heart-and-soul players with the Blues.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Power source AA batteries are the common power source of standard cocktail smokers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal with some pea-size pieces remaining.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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The set comes with fine, medium, and coarse grinding plates; a food pusher; sausage stuffer tubes; and a cleaning brush.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Joseph previously worked for an Emirati company, Global Shipping Group, and was also the signatory for three other tankers sanctioned for transporting Iranian crude oil.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Some Sora users depicted King making crude jokes and other inappropriate content.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Choking and general gross incompetence is never advised.—
Chris Bumbaca,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Price Club charged its small-business clientele twenty-five dollars a year for membership, cash flow that could be factored into the company’s gross margins.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There was obvious rust, and the shooting efficiency was rough, as Ball converted only 36% from the field.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Dallas Cowboys' already rough defense took an unexpected hit Friday because of an at-home injury.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Lowbred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowbred. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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