from
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}]