raw

(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition

• “natural yogurt”
• “natural produce”
• “raw wool”
• “raw sugar”
• “bales of rude cotton”

having the surface exposed and painful

• “a raw wound”

not treated with heat to prepare it for eating

not processed or refined

• “raw sewage”

devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure

• “naked ambition”
• “raw fury”
• “you may kill someone someday with your raw power”

brutally unfair or harsh

• “received raw treatment from his friends”
• “a raw deal”

not processed or subjected to analysis

• “raw data”
• “the raw cost of production”
• “only the crude vital statistics”

untempered and unrefined

• “raw talent”
• “raw beauty”

unpleasantly cold and damp

• “bleak winds of the North Atlantic”

inflamed and painful

• “his throat was raw”
• “had a sore throat”

used of wood and furniture

• “raw wood”

lacking training or experience

• “the new men were eager to fight”
• “raw recruits”
• “he was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel”

(used informally) completely unclothed

informal terms for nakedness

• “in the raw”
• “in the altogether”
• “in his birthday suit”