1. (

• rawness ,

) a chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air" ;

2. (

• incompleteness ,
• rawness

) 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" ;

3. (

• tenderness ,
• soreness ,
• rawness ,

) 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" ;

4. (

• inexperience ,
• rawness

) 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" ;