Definition of "rude" []

• Relatively undeveloped; primitive: a rude and savage land; a rude agricultural implement. (adjective)
• Being in a crude, rough, unfinished condition: a rude thatched hut. (adjective)
• Exhibiting a marked lack of skill or precision in work: rude crafts. (adjective)
• In a natural, raw state: bales of rude cotton. (adjective)
• Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I was amused by his attempt to avoid the term “Jew” — apparently he was raised to consider the term rude and perjorative."
• "Some complained about what they characterized as rude and inconsiderate behavior by the power company, which had the largest number of customers in the region still without power."
• "This is going to stop when what he called rude mechanicals in other words, people who weren't gentlemen start doing it."