MEANING
Beginning to develop but still incomplete or indistinct.
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- inchoate idea
- inchoate anger
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An inchoate idea troubled her sleep.
His inchoate anger had not found a target.
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more inchoate; superlative most inchoate where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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