Rawness (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The band's rawness was evident in their unpolished live performances, but it only added to their charm.
- The new employee's rawness made him struggle with complex tasks, but with time and training, he improved significantly.
- Her rawness as a public speaker made her nervous and fumble over words, but she persevered and eventually gained confidence.
- The team's rawness was exposed in the tournament, as they failed to execute the plays smoothly and strategically.
- The actor's rawness made his portrayal of the character feel genuine and authentic, and the audience responded well to it.
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Meaning 2
A chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 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".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The rawness in her throat made swallowing painful and difficult.
- After a few days of a sore throat, the rawness eventually subsided with the help of medication and plenty of rest.
- The doc said to expect some rawness at the injection site for a few days, but it should fade with time.
- As she recovered from the surgery, she complained of rawness in her abdomen whenever she moved suddenly.
- The post-nasal drip caused a constant rawness in the back of his throat that no amount of cough drops could soothe.
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Meaning 4
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.