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Core meaning
The quality of being rough in texture, crude in structure, or harsh in manner.
Example
The surface's coarseness helped the adhesive form a stronger bond.
coarseness
/ˈkɔːsnəs/ · KORS-nisnoun
The quality of being rough in texture, crude in structure, or harsh in manner.
Use coarseness to express this relationship precisely: the quality of being rough in texture, crude in structure, or harsh in manner.
What coarseness Really Means
The word becomes easier to use when its closely related senses are separated and compared.
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Common noun frame
Use this noun in a complete noun phrase, adding the complement that identifies what it refers to when needed.
Example
Researchers measured the coarseness of each woven fibre.
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Analytical distinction
Choose it when this exact concept matters; a related term may describe its cause, evidence, or opposite instead.
Example
The critic objected to the coarseness of the joke's language.
Use coarseness Naturally
Notice how the surrounding noun or clause reveals the exact shade of meaning.
The surface's coarseness helped the adhesive form a stronger bond.
Researchers measured the coarseness of each woven fibre.
The critic objected to the coarseness of the joke's language.
Precision Matters
Coarseness overlaps with several common words, but each carries a different emphasis.
coarseness
vs.Means the quality of being rough in texture, crude in structure, or harsh in manner.
aesthetic
Means related to beauty, artistic appreciation, or visual style.
coarseness
vs.Means the quality of being rough in texture, crude in structure, or harsh in manner.
rudimentary
Means basic or elementary.
coarseness
vs.Means the quality of being rough in texture, crude in structure, or harsh in manner.
pristine
Means in an original, unspoiled, clean, or nearly perfect condition.
coarseness
vs.Means the quality of being rough in texture, crude in structure, or harsh in manner.
superficial
Means concerned only with the surface or obvious features; shallow and lacking depth.
Test coarseness in Context
The missing noun names the degree of physical roughness.
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The team ranked each sample by surface ___, from polished glass to unfinished stone.