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
There are two teenage boys in the film, Haruki (Waku Kawaguchi) and Keita (Kiyora Fuiwara), whose inchoate erotic feelings for one another, a love that can still barely say its name in provincial Japan, forms a subplot here.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
In the greater public, a dangerous, inchoate rage directed at Barack Obama persists alongside the widespread affection for him.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The mood is unsettled; the structure is amorphous and inchoate.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
Lud Heat found its way into the hands of Alan Moore, who was tinkering with inchoate ideas about murder.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
In the greater public, a dangerous, inchoate rage directed at Barack Obama persists alongside the widespread affection for him.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The mood is unsettled; the structure is amorphous and inchoate.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
Lud Heat found its way into the hands of Alan Moore, who was tinkering with inchoate ideas about murder.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inchoate
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Still, the case is often credited as reining in Microsoft and allowing then-nascent firms like Google to flourish.—
Lauren Feiner,
The Verge,
1 June 2026
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Humanoid robots remain a nascent market.—
Katie Tarasov,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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Participants underwent an initial baseline assessment and were assigned individualized vagus nerve stimulation protocols designed by Pulsetto’s clinical team.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Trump’s initial director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, resigned last month, citing her husband’s recent cancer diagnosis.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Even incipient technologies like quantum computing rely on specialized fabrication and precision engineering.—
Eric Kutcher,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Their evident fondness for one another, glowing warmly alongside all their sniping and whispering and eye-rolling, allows all the nightmares in Big Mistakes to feel like a lark rather than an incipient calamity.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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After a night that featured 38 foul calls and a gritty Connecticut team determined to make a statement in Atlanta, the Dream clinched a 91-74 win over the Sun in a back-and-forth matchup that started rough but ended on a high note in their first Commissioner’s Cup game.—
Micahya Costen,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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Haaland could make history as the first female Native American governor if she’s elected.—
Erin Cox,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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“Inchoate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inchoate. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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