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US
/ˈɹɔnɪs/
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[ UK /ɹˈɔːnəs/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɔːnəs/ ]
NOUN
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lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops
procedural inexperience created difficulties -
a chilly dampness
the rawness of the midnight air -
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)
after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on
the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
How To Use rawness In A Sentence
- His dark eyes stared back, full of rawness, honesty and uncompromising sincerity.
- the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable
- All of which suggests that, just as either the overripeness or the rawness of what you serve can speak to your cultivation, to your acquired level of artistry, so cruelty can exhibit your refinement. BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
- Not too much imagery as such, just a hint of rawness with use of dumb-bells and sledgehammer to break the monotonous nature of gun-shot violence.
- Both suggestions were similar in tenor, namely, to give Mr. Bertram Arkwright an insight into the rawness and redness of life in the Solomons. THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS
- And the broken stones of the Gothic ruin, in the freshness and rawness of their ruin, seemed to be bleeding out human aspiration, spilling it footlessly upon the dead earth. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
- I suppose you never lose the sensitivity and the rawness that an unpleasant comment can bring to you.
- I don’t think the rawness is subjected to variation as much as the crying. DANCING SNOWFLAKES • by Stef Hall
- I think the show also goes for that kind of rawness that works. Mike Ragogna: Iowa's Hairapalooza!: A Conversation With Director Randy West, Choreographer Adam Cates, And The Cast Of Hair
- He says the rawness of the genre continues to enthrall him.
