Inchoate (Adjective)
Meaning
Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The inchoate plans for the new business were still being hashed out by the entrepreneurs.
- Her inchoate feelings of unease grew into full-blown anxiety as the storm approached.
- The inchoate stages of the project were marked by confusion and disorganization.
- The doctor detected an inchoate tumor that had not yet begun to cause symptoms.
- The artist's inchoate vision for the sculpture slowly took shape as she worked with the clay.