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English Dictionary: rawness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rawness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): incompleteness, rawness
    Antonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): inexperience, rawness
    Antonym(s): experience
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rawness \Raw"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being raw.
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