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Definition of
inchoate adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
inchoate
adjective
adjective
NAmE
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ɪnˈkoʊət
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/
(
formal
)
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just beginning to form and therefore not clear or developed
inchoate ideas
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inchoate
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