rudimentary

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    being or involving basic facts or principles
    being in the earliest stages of development
    not fully developed in mature animals

Word Origin

rudimentary (adj.)
1827; see rudiment + -ary. Earlier was rudimental (1590s).

Example

1. Many young people lack even rudimentary skills .
2. The country 's best route may lie in reviving a rudimentary plan .
3. Unfortunately , ie is the only mainstream browser that fails to provide rudimentary html5 support .
4. An operating system is , essentially , a collection of smaller programs that execute rudimentary tasks .
5. By european standards , the united states had the most rudimentary welfare services , and still has .

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