rawness

noun

1. 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

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   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

4. 4

   a chilly dampness

   the rawness of the midnight air