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Inchoative

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WordDefinition
immaturenounChildish in behavior; juvenile.
formativenounCapable of forming something.

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immatureChildish in behavior; juvenile.
formativeCapable of forming something.
inchoactiveMisspelling of inchoative. [At the beginning, still in an unformed state.]
inchoateRecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
incipientIn an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
inceptivenoun(grammar) An inceptive construction.
initiatoryOf or pertaining to initiation
inceptualOf or relating to a beginning, creation, or inception; early; first
initiativenounA beginning; a first move.
nascentEmerging; just coming into existence.
earlyArriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
preliminarynounA preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
preintroductoryBefore the introduction of something.
liminal(anthropology, literary theory) Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it.
liminary(obsolete) introductory or preparatory
initialSpatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
beginningnoun(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
initiateverb(transitive) To begin; to start.
embryonic(embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
youngIn the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

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