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inchoate

[ in-koh-it, -eytor, especially British, in-koh-eyt ]

adjective

  1. not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
  2. just begun; incipient.
  3. not organized; lacking order:

    an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.



inchoate

/ ɪˈəʊəɪ /

adjective

  1. just beginning; incipient
  2. undeveloped; immature; rudimentary
  3. (of a legal document, promissory note, etc) in an uncompleted state; not yet made specific or valid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to begin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzٱԱ, noun
  • ˌԳˈپDz, noun
  • ˈDzٱ, adverb
  • inchoative, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·aٱ· adverb
  • ·aٱ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inchoate1

1525–35; < Latin Գٳܲ, variant of Գdzٳܲ, past participle of Գdz “to begin, start work on,” perhaps equivalent to in- in- 2( def ) + coh(um) “hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted” + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inchoate1

C16: from Latin Գdz to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from in- ² + cohum yokestrap
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Example Sentences

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But the definition is so inchoate that decisions about whether something rates as fair use are typically done by judges on a case-by-case basis.

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Calling it blood money, he uses it only to fund his inchoate plan to crush the Squid Game.

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Back then, it was a handful of female video game developers and critics who were presented to largely male crowds online as targets for relentless, inchoate abuse.

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But although his methodology was questioned, he opened the door to a generation of social scientists for the analysis of often subjective and inchoate aspects of human emotion and behavior.

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Another problem with the analysis is that the candidates’ proposals are inchoate — as the committee acknowledges.

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