"rawness" in the noun sense

1. rawness

a chilly dampness

"the rawness of the midnight air"

2. incompleteness, rawness

the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect

"the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"

"the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"

3. tenderness, soreness, rawness

a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched

"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"

4. inexperience, rawness

lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience

"procedural inexperience created difficulties"

"their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"

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