Of workmanship, method of proceeding, etc.: Rough, ‘rough and ready’; clumsy. Obsolete.

Unpolished, untrimmed, inartistic, rude.

Not fabricated, unwrought.

Of craftsmanship, work, etc.: rudimentary, crude, imperfect; not requiring or accomplished with skill.

Constructed or designed without skill or art; crude, clumsy, inartistic.

Of literary or artistic work: Lacking finish, or maturity of treatment; rough, unpolished.

Blocklike in form; roughly blocked out, rude, clumsy.

In various figurative and slang senses: difficult (quot. 1848); out-of-date, passé; frightening, hair-raising; crude, clumsy, rough, erratic.