Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to mean
inferior .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
coarsen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective made coarse or crude by lack of skill
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Examples
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In a tale that also relies on face-recognition gizmos—they're deployed as casually as dental floss—the most readily recognizable face belongs to the star, whose features have matured and coarsened with the passage of time.
Stylish Spectacle Makes This 'Mission' Possible Joe Morgenstern 2011
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One cannot coarsen what has ALREADY been coarsened by the left. .nt
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But some are finding that new types of Lenten fasting might serve a useful purpose in a world coarsened by electronic media.
Lent gets an update: More add social service to sacrifice 2011
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Rubenfeld brings back the stars of his earlier bestseller, "The Interpretation of Murder": Jimmy Littlemore, still the cleanest cop in New York; and Dr. Stratham Younger, older and a bit coarsened after tending to the wounded in Europe during World War I.
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You'll probably hear a lot about how Beck coarsened the political debate and how his words may or may not have incited violence, but I think the wreckage is a lot more substantive, to actual policies that affect Americans every day.
Will Bunch: It May Take 27 Years to Undo the Damage Glenn Beck Caused in 27 Months Will Bunch 2011
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But some are finding that new types of Lenten fasting might serve a useful purpose in a world coarsened by electronic media.
Lent gets an update: More add social service to sacrifice 2011
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As the debate coarsened, thanks mainly to Dobbs, then the center ground disappeared,
Niall O'Dowd: Lou Dobbs Lit the Flames of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in America Niall O'Dowd 2010
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Your hair stands on end, so many matchsticks on a face coarsened by self-abuse.
The Mockingbird Sings Mark Kerstetter 2011
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But some are finding that new types of Lenten fasting might serve a useful purpose in a world coarsened by electronic media.
Lent gets an update: More add social service to sacrifice 2011
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Britain gave him BBC Scotland's headquarters in Glasgow, where he was appointed amid grandiose claims about the BBC's Medici-like patronage of architecture, only to be pushed to the side in favour of "executive architects" and see a coarsened version of his design built.
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