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rudimentary

[ roo-duh-men-tuh-ree, -tree ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary:

    a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.

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  2. Biology. of the nature of a rudiment; undeveloped or vestigial.

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  3. in an early, imperfect stage or form:

    How can we improve upon this admittedly rudimentary theory?



rudimentary

/ ˌːɪˈɛԳəɪ /

adjective

  1. basic; fundamental; not elaborated or perfected
  2. incompletely developed; vestigial

    rudimentary leaves

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܻ徱ˈԳٲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·徱··ٲ·· [roo-d, uh, -men-, tair, -, uh, -lee, -, men, -ter-, uh, -lee], adverb
  • d·t··Ա noun
  • ԴDzr·徱·t adjective
  • ԴDzr·徱·t·· adverb
  • ԴDzr·徱·t··ness noun
  • ԴDzr·徱·t· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rudimentary1

First recorded in 1600–20; rudiment + -ary
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Their bodies were extricated not by trained rescuers, but by locals who used rudimentary equipment.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The city had adopted a few rudimentary building codes, though none addressing earthquakes.

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