The typical trend is for writers and actors to default to the crudest element of what makes their show work, and lean on that.
Millions have been taken out of its sand with the crudest devices.
The houses are the crudest huts, with no window and no roof.
In those early days all the arrangements were of the crudest character.
Only one thought was in his mind now—the crudest, simplest duty.
The graceful furniture of the preceding generation was replaced by pseudo-classic of the crudest sort.
Society, the crudest organization on earth, laughed to itself about him.
And, Alice, the crudest thing you could do would be to forgive me!
Martin had made not even the crudest attempt to welcome her.
In early medieval days tactics were of the crudest description.
late 14c., "in a raw state," from Latin crudus "rough; not cooked, raw, bloody," from PIE *krue-do-, from PIE *kreue- (1) "raw flesh" (see raw). Meaning "lacking grace" is first attested 1640s. Related: Crudely; crudeness. Crude oil is from 1865.