in rough

idiom

British

: in an unfinished form

The plans were done in rough for preapproval.

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The next morning, Eric gets to the floor in rough shape. —

Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2024 Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories. —

Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 Antonio García—racing yacht engineer and uncle to Gazelle founder Jon Salazar—devised a dynamic floating platform with anchor lines attached to the seabed, accompanied by a counterweight that balances the platform in rough seas. —

Stephen Armstrong, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024 Cargo ships can lose anywhere from a single container to hundreds at a time in rough seas. —

Manuel Valdes, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in rough