as in nascent
beginning to come into existence
inchoate feelings of affection for a man whom she had, up till now, thought of as only a friend
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Recent Examples of inchoate
Running deep beneath all these threads seemed to be an inchoate feeling that simply to show evil was to become its apprentice.
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Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
This notion of the border as liminal and inchoate sits at the center of Brother Brontë.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
Bill watched the inchoate group, his irritation at their puckishness melting away—in its stead, curiosity.
—Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024
There is fun, and glory, but underneath these is a more inchoate drive, an ontological imperative, maybe, to play with fire.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 18 Nov. 2024
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Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
This notion of the border as liminal and inchoate sits at the center of Brother Brontë.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
Bill watched the inchoate group, his irritation at their puckishness melting away—in its stead, curiosity.
—Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024
There is fun, and glory, but underneath these is a more inchoate drive, an ontological imperative, maybe, to play with fire.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 18 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for inchoate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inchoate
Adjective
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In other words, the country’s existing industrial and financial ecosystem often helps nascent industries, benefiting both.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The nascent sector has strong political backing and has made significant progress on core engineering problems.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Arsenal’s flanks were regularly targeted despite Jeglertz admitting the initial game plan was to sear through Arsenal’s middle.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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On the macro front, there’s no doubt that the jobs report turned up the level of concern about the economy’s growth pace by a few clicks, while putting some pressure on the not-insignificant camp of economic handicappers who have been calling for an incipient reacceleration in U.S. growth.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
6 Sep. 2025
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The following excerpt details their match at the 2022 U.S. Open, in which Alcaraz and Sinner played the computer-game epic that announced their incipient takeover of tennis to the world.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The vast majority of those applications were submitted during the state's first priority window, which ran March 3-23.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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Like some other customers, Micah Fannin was checking out Dutch Bros for the first time.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Inchoate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inchoate. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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