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raw

/rɔ/

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noun
informal terms for nakedness
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"in the raw"

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altogether birthday suit

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nudity nakedness nudeness
adjective
hurting
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sensitive sore tender painful
adjective
lacking training or experience
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"raw recruits"

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new inexperienced inexperient
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used of wood and furniture
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"raw wood"

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unsanded unfinished
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(used informally) completely unclothed
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bare-ass bare-assed in the altogether in the buff in the raw naked as a jaybird peeled stark naked unclothed
adjective
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
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"raw wool" "raw sugar"

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natural rude unprocessed
adjective
devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
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"raw fury" "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"

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naked open overt
adjective
not processed or subjected to analysis
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"raw data" "the raw cost of production"

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crude unanalyzed
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unpleasantly cold and damp
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bleak cutting cold
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brutally unfair or harsh
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"received raw treatment from his friends" "a raw deal"

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unfair unjust
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having the surface exposed and painful
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"a raw wound"

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injured
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not processed or refined
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"raw sewage"

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untreated
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not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
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rare half-baked uncooked underdone untoasted

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cooked
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untempered and unrefined
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"raw talent" "raw beauty"

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unpolished

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