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RUDIMENTARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being in the earliest stages of development
Example:
rudimentary plans
Classified under:
Similar:
incomplete; uncomplete (not complete or total; not completed)
Derivation:
rudiment (the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not fully developed in mature animals
Example:
rudimentary wings
Synonyms:
rudimentary; vestigial
Classified under:
Similar:
undeveloped (not developed, mature, or fully formulated)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Derivation:
rudiment (the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being or involving basic facts or principles
Example:
underlying principles
Synonyms:
fundamental; rudimentary; underlying
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
basic (pertaining to or constituting a base or basis)
