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rudimentary
[ roo-duh-men-tuh-ree, -tree ]
adjective
- pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary:
a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
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- Biology. of the nature of a rudiment; undeveloped or vestigial.
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Antonyms:
- in an early, imperfect stage or form:
How can we improve upon this admittedly rudimentary theory?
rudimentary
/ ˌːɪˈɛԳəɪ /
adjective
- basic; fundamental; not elaborated or perfected
- incompletely developed; vestigial
rudimentary leaves
Derived Forms
- ˌܻ徱ˈԳٲ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·徱··ٲ·· [roo-d, uh, -men-, tair, -, uh, -lee, -, men, -ter-, uh, -lee], adverb
- d·t··Ա noun
- ԴDzr·徱·t adjective
- ԴDzr·徱·t·· adverb
- ԴDzr·徱·t··ness noun
- ԴDzr·徱·t· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of rudimentary1
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Example Sentences
Their bodies were extricated not by trained rescuers, but by locals who used rudimentary equipment.
I walked away from the brief plea, and rudimentary roadmap, for a renaissance of house parties that the queer experience was not part of her understanding of American social life.
Development Programme wants to deploy 1,100 prefab housing units, each equipped with a kilowatt of solar and rudimentary plumbing, as part of a $27 million program.
Viewers are left to spend the remainder of the movie wondering how Iris’ certain revenge could be remotely satisfying when she’s battling against such rudimentary archetypes.
The city had adopted a few rudimentary building codes, though none addressing earthquakes.
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