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raw deal
raw R0060100 (rô)adj. raw·er, raw·est 1. a. Uncooked: raw meat.b. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool.c. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood.d. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production.e. Undeveloped or unused: raw land.f. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster.2. Inexperienced or untrained: a raw youth; raw recruits.3. a. Having subcutaneous tissue exposed: a raw wound.b. Inflamed; sore: a raw throat.4. Unpleasantly damp and chilly: raw weather.5. a. Powerfully impressive; stark: raw beauty; raw talent.b. Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail: the film's raw depiction of urban poverty.c. Crude, vulgar, or coarse: raw language.6. Nude; naked: was standing there raw.7. a. Engaged in without the protection of a condom.b. Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.adv. Slang Without a condom; unprotected.Idioms: in the raw1. In a crude or unrefined state: nature in the raw.2. Nude; naked. raw deal An instance of unfair treatment: got a raw deal from our insurance company.
[Middle English rau, from Old English hrēaw; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.]
raw′ly adv.raw′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | raw deal - unfair treatmentdeal - the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car" |
raw dealnounAn act that is not just:disservice, inequity, injustice, wrong.Law: injury.
raw deal
raw dealAn unfair situation or poor treatment. Mandy really got a raw deal at that job. They passed her over for so many promotions!See also: deal, raw*raw dealan instance of unfair or bad treatment. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) Mary got a raw deal on her traffic ticket. She was innocent, but she had to pay a big fine. I bought a used TV that worked for two days and then quit. I sure got a raw deal. You sure had a raw deal.See also: deal, rawraw dealAn instance of unfair or harsh treatment, as in After 25 years with the bank Bob got a raw deal-no pension, no retirement benefits of any kind, just a gold watch. Raw here means "crude" or "unfair." [First half of 1900s] See also: deal, rawa raw (or rough) deal a situation in which someone receives unfair or harsh treatment. informalSee also: deal, rawa raw/rough ˈdeal unfair treatment: Many old people feel they are getting a raw deal from the state: they pay money towards a pension all their working life but discover it isn’t worth much when they retire.See also: deal, raw, rougha raw deal n. an unfair deal; unfair treatment. My last job was a raw deal. I hope this is better. See also: deal, raw raw deal An instance of unfair treatment: got a raw deal from our insurance company.See also: deal, rawraw deal, aHarsh or unfair treatment. The raw in this expression, which originated in America, means “crude.” In 1912 a Canadian dictionary defined the term as “a swindle,” a meaning not much invoked today. E. C. Bentley used the expression in Those Days (1940): “If it was what is known nowadays as a raw deal, they did not mind.”See also: rawraw deal
Synonyms for raw dealnoun an act that is not justSynonyms- disservice
- inequity
- injustice
- wrong
- injury
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