Inchoate

adjective · GRE

Meaning: Just begun and not yet fully formed or developed.

Example

  1. The proposal was still inchoate, more a collection of ideas than a plan.

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms:

undevelopedembryonicrudimentary

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