inchoate
/ɪnˈkəʊeɪt//ɪnˈkoʊeɪt/
noun
- 1
A beginning, an immature start.
verb
- 1
To begin or start (something).
- 2
To cause or bring about.
- 3
To make a start.
adjective
- 1
Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- 2
Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
- 3
Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.
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