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inchoate

adjective
 
 
/ɪnˈkəʊ.eɪt/ US  /-ˈkoʊ-/ literary

Definition

only recently or partly formed, or not completely developed or clear: She had a child's inchoate awareness of language.UncertaintyHesitatingAchievable
(Definition of inchoate adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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