The Clue
Not so fine (7 letter answer)
The Answer
COARSER
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Notes
The answer COARSER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
COARSE as an adjective:
1. (coarse, harsh) = of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
2. (coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar) = lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
3. (coarse, common) = of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
4. (coarse, crude, earthy, gross, vulgar) = conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"