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  • 61preliminary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. introductory, preparatory, prefatory. See preparation, precedence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. preparatory, preceding, prefatory; see introductory 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. introductory …

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  • 62rough — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not smooth] Syn. unequal, broken, coarse, choppy, ruffled, uneven, ridged, rugged, scabrous, irregular, unsanded, needing sanding, needing finishing, needing smoothing, not sanded, not smoothed, not finished, unfinished …

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  • 63sketchy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Rough] Syn. coarse, crude, preliminary; see introductory 1 , unfinished 1 . 2. [Imperfect] Syn. defective, superficial, insufficient; see faulty , inadequate 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. rough, lacking detail,… …

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  • 64unpolished — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Rough] Syn. uneven, unlevel, unvarnished; see raw 2 , unfinished 2 . 2. [Vulgar] Syn. unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, crude, uncouth; see also awkward 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not perfected,… …

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  • 65Hay-Herrán Treaty — (1903)    A treaty granting the United States the right to build a canal across Panama. Signed by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and Colombia Foreign Minister Tomás Herrán on January 22, 1903, and ratified by the U.S. Senate on March 17, 1903,… …

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  • 66amateurish — adj 1. unprofessional, unpolished, uneven, rough; unperfected, imperfect, faulty, flawed, deficient, wanting; inferior, second rate, grubstreet, bush league, minor league; mediocre, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, poor. 2. superficial,… …

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  • 67coarse — adj 1. rough, uneven, bristly, setaceous, scratchy, prickly, bearded, whiskered; rough grained, coarse grained, sandpaper, linsey woolsey; shaggy, hairy, wrinkled, Bot. rugose; scaly, jagged, broken, craggy, knobbed, knobby, nubbly, lumpy, bumpy; …

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  • 68crude — adj 1. raw, coarse, unrefined, unmilled, unground, unprepared, undressed, unprocessed; natural, original, pristine, untouched. 2. primitive, rudimentary, unformed, undeveloped, unevolved; sketchy, drawing board, outline. 3. faulty, flawed, sloppy …

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  • 69tentative — adj 1. experimental, probative, probatory, exploratory; probationary, on probation, temporary, on trial, under examination or consideration: trial, test, pilot; untried, unproven, in the trial stages, unperfected; questionable, doubtful;… …

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  • 70done — [adj1] accomplished, finished all in*, all over*, a wrap*, brought about, brought to pass, buttoned up*, compassed, complete, completed, concluded, consummated, depleted, down, drained, effected, effete, ended, executed, exhausted, fixed,… …

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