rudimentary

Plural: rudimentaries

Adjective Satellite

• being or involving basic facts or principles
  • "these rudimentary truths"
• being in the earliest stages of development
  • "rudimentary plans"
• not fully developed in mature animals
  • "rudimentary wings"

Adj

• Of or relating to one or more rudiments.
• Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.

Noun

• One of the rudimentary mammae of boars.

Examples

• His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.
• His rudimentary driving skills meant that he was a danger on the road.
• I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.

Synonyms

fundamental, underlying, vestigial

Related Words

rudiment

Anagrams of rudimentary