inchoate

in·cho·ate  (n-kt)

adj.

1. In an initial or early stage; incipient.

2. Imperfectly formed or developed: a vague, inchoate idea.

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[Latin inchotus, past participle of inchore, to begin, alteration of incohre : in-, in; see in-² + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.]

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in·choate·ly adv.

in·choate·ness n.

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inchoate

adj [ɪnˈkəʊeɪt -ˈkəʊɪt]

1. just beginning; incipient

2. undeveloped; immature; rudimentary

3. (Law) (of a legal document, promissory note, etc.) in an uncompleted state; not yet made specific or valid

vb [ɪnˈkəʊeɪt] (tr)

to begin

[from Latin incohāre to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from in-² + cohum yokestrap]

inchoately  adv

inchoateness  n

inchoation  n

inchoative  [ɪnˈkəʊətɪv] adj

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

inchoate - only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" incipient early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"

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inchoate (Formal)

adjective

1. incipient, beginning, nascent, inceptive The dispute threatens to smash the inchoate government to fragments.

2. undeveloped, elementary, immature, imperfect, embryonic, rudimentary, formless, unformed His prose is every bit as inchoate as the wilderness in which he travels.

Translations

inchoate [ˈɪnkəʊeɪt] ADJ [idea] → que no ha tomado forma definitiva; [anger] → inexpresado

inchoate

adj (liter) → unausgeformt