inchoate
Plural: inchoates
Adjective Satellite
- only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- "a vague inchoate idea"
Adj
- Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
- Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.
Noun
- A beginning, an immature start.
Verb
- To begin or start (something).
- To cause or bring about. In the field of criminology, to encourage, assist, conspire, aid and abet, incite, etc.
- To make a start.
Adjective
- Being in an early stage; not fully formed.
Examples
- His strategy for the game was still inchoate, lacking clear direction.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“begin”). Cognate with Spanish incoar (“to initiate, commence, begin”).
Synonyms
incipient, chaotic, confused, elementary, embryonic, immature, nascent, rudimentary
Scrabble Score: 13
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