rawness

1. lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience

    e.g. procedural inexperience created difficulties
           their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops

    Synonym: inexperience

2. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

    e.g. 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

    Synonym: tenderness soreness

3. the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect

    e.g. the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research
           the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable

    Synonym: incompleteness

4. a chilly dampness

    e.g. the rawness of the midnight air