All coarse-grained synonyms

adj coarse-grained

• crude — A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
• grainy — resembling grain; granular.
• harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• gritty — consisting of, containing, or resembling grit; sandy.
• homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
• impure — not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature: impure water and air.
• inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
• loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
• lumpy — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
• mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
• rugged — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
• unfinished — not finished; incomplete or unaccomplished.
• unpolished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
• granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
• unprocessed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
• chapped — If your skin is chapped, it is dry, cracked, and sore.
• particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
• rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
• purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
• rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.