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inchoate

/ɪnˈkəʊeɪt/

noun

Meaning

  • A beginning, an immature start.

verb

Meaning

  • To begin or start (something).

  • To cause or bring about.

  • To make a start.

adjective

Meaning

  • Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

  • Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.

  • Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.

Synonyms

chaotic,
confused,
elementary,
embryonic,
immature,
incipient,
nascent,
rudimentary