rudimentary

adjective

/ˌrud·əˈment·ə·ri, -ˈmen·tri/

Definition

› only basic, and not deep or detailed: She has only a rudimentary grasp of the language.

(Definition of rudimentary adjective from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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