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rawness

Variant of raw

adjective

  1. not cooked
  2. in its natural condition; not changed by art, dilution, manufacture, aging, etc.: raw wool, raw whiskey
  3. not processed, edited, interpreted, etc.: raw data
  4. not yet processed, cleaned, etc. as by chemical treatment; untreated: raw sewage
  5. inexperienced; not yet developed or trained: a raw recruit
  6. with the skin rubbed or torn off; sore and inflamed: a raw cut
  7. uncomfortably cold and damp; bleak: a raw wind
    1. brutal or coarse in frankness
    2. indecent; bawdy
  8. Informal harsh or unfair: a raw deal

noun

Rare a raw or inflamed spot on the body

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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