Main entry: inexperience, rawness
Definition: lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
Usage: procedural inexperience created difficulties; their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops
Main entry: rawness, tenderness, soreness
Definition: a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
Usage: 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
Main entry: incompleteness, rawness
Definition: the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
Usage: the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research; the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable
Main entry: rawness
Definition: a chilly dampness
Usage: the rawness of the midnight air