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"
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"
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"