raw talent
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3.4
- noun
- The young musician showed incredible raw talent during her first audition.
- lots of raw talent
- much raw talent
- more raw talent
Examples
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But Valadon, too poor to study art, was a naturally gifted artist with a raw talent as her early work shows.
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It seems to surprise some that so much raw talent is just waiting to be discovered.
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There was some raw talent there.
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And, yeah, he will drive you all mad, but in terms of raw talent and right stuff, there is no better driver in the world.
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And maybe in next season we will actually see some raw talent.
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But maybe what sets them apart is simply raw talent?
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I think a lot of fans have high expectations because they see the raw talent a lot of you guys possess.
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In all my years of racing, I've never seen a driver with this much raw talent.
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McKinty crackles with raw talent.
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Each was rescued by a special person, a parent, a grandparent, a teacher who saw the raw talent and nurtured it.
Synonyms
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1.2
An ability someone has naturally to do something well
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1.8
A natural ability to do something well, like music or languages
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2.9
An ability someone is born with to do something well
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3.4
A talent someone is born with that they do not learn
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6.0
A very strong natural ability in one or more areas
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3.8
Very great skill in something like art or sport
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4.9
An ability a person has from birth
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Morphology
The meaning 'natural ability not yet refined' is directly and compositionally derived from 'raw' (unrefined, inexperienced) + 'talent' (natural ability). This simple adjective+noun combination follows regular English morphology and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will generally infer the phrase meaning.
Etymology
Raw talent comes from the image of something raw—not yet polished—like an uncut diamond or rough wood, and the word talent means a natural gift. That's why raw talent means 'natural ability' that is impressive but not yet trained.