inchoate

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adjective

only partly in existence;
imperfectly formed
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
• Syn:
incipient
• Similar to:
early
• Derivationally related forms:
incipiency (for: incipient), incipience (for: incipient)