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Meaning of rawness

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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" [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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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