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Rawness

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Noun

1. rawness

a chilly dampness

Example Sentences:
'the rawness of the midnight air'

2. incompleteness, rawness

the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect

Example Sentences:
'the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research'
'the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable'

3. rawness, soreness, tenderness

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

Example Sentences:
'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

Example Sentences:
'procedural inexperience created difficulties'
'their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Rawness

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adjective
1. 
(of food) not cooked
raw onion
2. (prenominal)
in an unfinished, natural, or unrefined state; not treated by manufacturing or other processes
raw materials for making steel
raw brick
3. 
(of an edge of material) unhemmed; liable to fray
4. 
(of the skin, a wound, etc) having the surface exposed or abraded, esp painfully
5. 
ignorant, inexperienced, or immature
a raw recruit
6. (prenominal)
not selected or modified
raw statistics
7. 
frank or realistic
a raw picture of the breakdown of a marriage
8. 
(of spirits) undiluted
9. mainly US
coarse, vulgar, or obscene
10. mainly US
recently done; fresh
raw paintwork
11. 
(of the weather) harshly cold and damp
12. informal
unfair; unjust (esp in the phrase a raw deal)
noun
13.  the raw
14.  in the raw

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Rawness

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adjective
1. 
not cooked
2. 
in its natural condition; not changed by art, dilution, manufacture, aging, etc.
raw wool, raw whiskey
3. 
not processed, edited, interpreted, etc.
raw data
4. 
not yet processed, cleaned, etc. as by chemical treatment; untreated
raw sewage
5. 
inexperienced; not yet developed or trained
a raw recruit
6. 
with the skin rubbed or torn off; sore and inflamed
a raw cut
7. 
uncomfortably cold and damp; bleak
a raw wind
8.  US
a. 
brutal or coarse in frankness
b. 
indecent; bawdy
9.  Informal
harsh or unfair
a raw deal
noun
10.  Rare
a raw or inflamed spot on the body

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Rawness

see synonyms of rawness
adj. raw·er, raw·est
1.
a. Uncooked: raw meat.
b. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool.
c. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood.
d. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production.
e. Undeveloped or unused: raw land.
f. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster.
2. Inexperienced or untrained: a raw youth; raw recruits.
3.
a. Having subcutaneous tissue exposed: a raw wound.
b. Inflamed; sore: a raw throat.
4. Unpleasantly damp and chilly: raw weather.
5.
a. Powerfully impressive; stark: raw beauty; raw talent.
b. Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail: the film's raw depiction of urban poverty.
c. Crude, vulgar, or coarse: raw language.
6. Nude; naked: was standing there raw.
7.
a. Engaged in without the protection of a condom.
b. Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.
adv.
Slang Without a condom; unprotected.

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