Inchoate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. In an initial or early stage; incipient.
  • adj. Imperfectly formed or developed: a vague, inchoate idea.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
  • adj. Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
  • n. A beginning, an immature start.
  • v. To begin or start something.
  • v. To cause or bring about.
  • v. To make a start.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
  • v. To begin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To begin.
  • Recently or just begun; incipient; in a state of incipiency; hence, elementary; rudimentary; not completely formed or established: as, inchoate rights.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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    early   
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    beginning    incomplete    begin    initial    rudimentary    nascent    immature    embryonic    incipient    elementary   
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