Raw

adj. 1 uncooked. 2 in the natural state; not processed or manufactured. 3 inexperienced, untrained. 4 a stripped of skin; with the flesh exposed, unhealed. b sensitive to the touch from being so exposed. 5 (of the atmosphere, day, etc.) cold and damp. 6 crude in artistic quality; lacking finish. 7 (of the edge of cloth) without hem or selvage. LI in the raw 1 in its natural state without mitigation (life in the raw). 2 naked. touch on the raw upset (a person) on a sensitive matter. [Old English] rawboned adj. gaunt,