1. just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary
Usage: formal

Examples

• The artist’s inchoate ideas gradually took shape on the canvas.
• Her inchoate feelings of dissatisfaction eventually led to a career change.
• The committee presented only an inchoate plan that needed much more development.
• His inchoate understanding of the subject improved with further study.
• The inchoate democracy struggled to establish stable institutions.
• What began as inchoate protests evolved into an organized movement.