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rawness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'rawness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rawness [ n.]
- The quality or state of being raw.

Meaning of 'rawness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rawness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
Example in sentence:
  • after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on;
  • the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
Meaning (2):
- lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
Example in sentence:
  • procedural inexperience created difficulties;
  • their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops
Meaning (3):
- the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
Example in sentence:
  • the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable;
  • the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research
Meaning (4):
- a chilly dampness
Example in sentence:
  • the rawness of the midnight air

Nearby Words:

raw rawbone rawboned rawhead rawhide rawish rawly

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