inchoate

in·cho·ate

 (ĭn-kō′ĭt, -āt′)

adj.

1. Being in a beginning or early stage; incipient: "The country was developing an incipient national art, an inchoate national literature" (Jay Winik).

2. Imperfectly formed or developed; disordered or incoherent: "A prophet must be a good public speaker, someone who can transform inchoate rage into eloquent diatribe" (David Leavitt).

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[Latin inchoātus, past participle of inchoāre, to begin, alteration of incohāre : in-, in; see in-² + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.]

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in·cho′ate·ly adv.

in·cho′ate·ness n.

inchoate

adj

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 (tr)

to begin

[C16: from Latin incohāre to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from in-² + cohum yokestrap]

inˈchoately adv

inˈchoateness n

ˌinchoˈation n

inchoative adj

in•cho•ate

(ɪnˈkoʊ ɪt, -eɪt; esp. Brit. ˈɪn koʊˌeɪt)

adj.

1. not yet completed or fully developed.

2. just begun; incipient.

[1525–35; < Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus, past participle of incohāre to begin, start work on]

in•cho′ate•ly, adv.

in•cho′ate•ness, n.

inchoate

Past participle: inchoated
Gerund: inchoating

Imperative

inchoate

inchoate

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"

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.

inchoate

adjective

Having no distinct shape:

amorphous, formless, shapeless, unformed, unshaped.

Translations

inchoatif

incipiente

inchoate

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

inchoate

adj (liter) → unausgeformt