noun
- A chilly dampness.
- usage: "the rawness of the midnight air"
- The state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect.
- usage: "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"
- synonyms: incompleteness
- A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched. )
- usage: "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"
- synonyms: tenderness, soreness
- Lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience.
- usage: "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"
- synonyms: inexperience
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