crude indicator
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcrudeandindicator
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crude
adjective
uk/kruːd/us/kruːd/
simple and not skilfully done ...
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indicator
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.dɪ.keɪ.tər/us/ˈɪn.də.keɪ.t̬ɚ/
something that shows what a situation ...
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(Definition ofcrudeandindicatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This does not mean judging performance against crude indicators such as numbers of arrests or crimes cleared up.
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We should beware of assuming that the figures represent a continuous trend from 1922 to 1936, but as acrudeindicator, they suffice.
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Change in hospital mortality was used as acrudeindicatorof change in comorbidity.
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The figures, although undifferentiated by offence, region or town\\countryside divide, provide acrudeindicatorof enclosure's growing importance within colonial society during the period.
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It is a measure of ' caseness ' and severity, and so can be used as acrudeindicatorof change.
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Acrudeindicatorof both demand and supply is the early diffusion of voluntar y sickness and health insurance.
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National-level statistics on agricultural population per hectare of arable land are used as acrudeindicator of the supply conditions in agricultural labor markets for a selected sample of countries.
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As this is a rathercrudeindicatorof self-employment, the precise extent of self-employment is not clear but some impression of its changing importance over time can be obtained.
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It is important that colleges should not be punished by acrudeindicatorof business engagement.
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It is acrudeindicator.
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At best, they offer acrudeindicatorof shortterm trends.
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This does not mean judging performance against crude indicators such as numbers of arrests or crimes cleared up.
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