rudimentary
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˌruːdɪˈmɛnˌtɛri/
- Specialized
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rudimentario
- In the short run, financing these expenses through taxation will be unrealistic because Baghdad's machinery of taxation remains rudimentary.
- rudimentary human tissue
Examples
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Of the six branchial arches in humans, the fifth and sixth are rudimentary.
Academic text (2008) -
Due to his rudimentary grasp of the language, he struggled to form complete sentences.
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The boys also have rudimentary gills.
Fiction book (1996) -
Only one case of rudimentary thumb polydactyly was observed.
Academic text (2015) -
The "body," by contrast, is rudimentary: a limbless torso with female breasts on one side standing on a round base.
Academic text (2006) -
In two patients, the uterus and fallopian tubes were fully developed, and in only one patient, a rudimentary uterus was observed.
Academic text (2012) -
Their eyes are rudimentary, appearing as small lightly shaded areas of skin (Hart, 1973).
Academic text (1993) -
The tablet had the rudimentary form of a lizard, with an abbreviated head, tail, and legs breaking the otherwise oblong form.
Fiction book (1999) -
More remarkably, tunicates have larvae that resemble tadpoles, complete with a dorsal nerve cord and a rudimentary backbone called a notochord.
Academic text (1992) -
The child's understanding of math is still quite rudimentary at this stage.
Synonyms
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5.1
From an early stage of development that is simple and not advanced
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8.3
A small leftover body part from an ancestor that no longer has a use
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9.9
Not fully formed and only partly developed, like an idea or plan
Very basic and not fully developed
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rudimentary comes from the Latin word rudimentum, which is from rudis meaning 'rough' or 'untrained'. That's why we use rudimentary for a body part that is only a simple, not fully formed version.