primitive
/ˈprɪmɪtɪv/ adjectiveDefinition
NOT DEVELOPED › relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system: primitive man primitive societies
BASIC › very basic or old-fashioned: The conditions at the campsite were rather primitive.
(Definition of primitive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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