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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a chilly dampness;
- Example: "the rawness of the midnight air"

2. the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect;
- Example: "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"
- Example: "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"
[syn: incompleteness, rawness]

3. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched);
- Example: "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"
- Example: "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"
[syn: tenderness, soreness, rawness]

4. lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience;
- Example: "procedural inexperience created difficulties"
- Example: "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"
[syn: inexperience, rawness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rawness \Raw"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being raw.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rawness
    n 1: a chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air"
    2: 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" [syn: incompleteness, rawness] [ant:
       completeness]
    3: 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" [syn:
       tenderness, soreness, rawness]
    4: 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" [syn: inexperience, rawness] [ant:
       experience]