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inchoate
in-KOH-it/ɪnˈkoʊət//adjective
01 / MEANING
Just beginning to form; not yet fully developed or organized.
In a sentence.
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She had an inchoate idea for the story but no ending.
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The team's inchoate plan needed a clear timetable.
Where it came from.
Inchoate comes from Latin inchoatus, ‘begun,’ the past participle of inchoare, ‘to begin.’ Its modern sense keeps the focus on an early, unfinished stage.
Explore the sourceWhy it’s interesting.
It describes a thought that is real enough to sense but too new to explain clearly.