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
Bill watched the inchoate group, his irritation at their puckishness melting away—in its stead, curiosity.
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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
Another problem with the analysis is that the candidates’ proposals are inchoate — as the committee acknowledges.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
Such harm usually comes at the expense of workers, customers, and communities—and explains much of the malaise and inchoate rage that plagues America.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
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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
Another problem with the analysis is that the candidates’ proposals are inchoate — as the committee acknowledges.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
Such harm usually comes at the expense of workers, customers, and communities—and explains much of the malaise and inchoate rage that plagues America.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inchoate
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And when the center and a group of locals began planning the conservation district, Vasquez joined the nascent Wynwood Community Enhancement Association and became a leading supporter of the new zoning and the Bakehouse plan.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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Marketers who get in early with nascent media properties can often win favorable rates or hard-to-secure integrations, and a relationship built in the first years of existence can develop into something bigger as time marches on.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Pele made it 3-1, then Zagallo put the game to bed with Brazil’s fourth after his initial corner was not cleared.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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In the initial preemptive attack, Israel hit the same three sites targeted by the U.S. Several top Iranian nuclear scientists and the top general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in the operation, according to Iran.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Since the shale boom, oil prices and the U.S. dollar have risen in tandem, suggesting an incipient case of Dutch disease in the United States.—
Michael L. Ross,
Foreign Affairs,
12 June 2025
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Another way in which partisanship has brought us to this incipient defeat of the constitutional order is that the Congress has been rendered all but incompetent by faction.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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Was there a sense of pressure returning to this world after the success of the first film?—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
29 June 2025
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The legislation centers on making permanent many benefits from Trump's first term that would otherwise expire by year's end, potentially triggering automatic increases for millions of Americans.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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“Inchoate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inchoate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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