adjective
- beginning to happen or develop; in an early stage
Usage: formal
Examples
- The doctor detected incipient signs of arthritis in her joints.
- There were incipient cracks in the foundation of the old building.
- The incipient rebellion was quickly suppressed by government forces.
- Scientists observed incipient changes in the climate patterns.
- His incipient baldness became more noticeable each year.
- The incipient democracy faced many challenges in its early years.