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rudimentary

Often °ł³ÜĀ·»å¾±Ā·³¾±š²ŌĀ·³Ł²¹±ō

[roo-duh-men-tuh-ree, -tree]

adjective

  1. pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary.

    a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.

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  2. Biology.Ģżof the nature of a rudiment; undeveloped or vestigial.

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  3. in an early, imperfect stage or form.

    How can we improve upon this admittedly rudimentary theory?



rudimentary

/ ˌ°ł³Üː»åɪˈ³¾É›²Ō³ŁÉ™°łÉŖ /

adjective

  1. basic; fundamental; not elaborated or perfected

  2. incompletely developed; vestigial

    rudimentary leaves

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • rudimentarily adverb
  • rudimentariness noun
  • nonrudimental adjective
  • nonrudimentarily adverb
  • nonrudimentarilyness noun
  • nonrudimentary adjective
  • ˌ°ł³Ü»å¾±Ėˆ³¾±š²Ō³Ł²¹°ł¾±±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of rudimentary1

First recorded in 1600–20; rudiment + -ary
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Israel’s negotiating position has long been entirely maximalist: Every nuclear complex on Iranian soil must be destroyed, and under no circumstances could Iran be left with even a rudimentary uranium enrichment capability.

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Let’s take a closer look, starting with some rudimentary points.

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He achieved the American dream despite coming into this country in the trunk of a Chevy with a fourth-grade education and only picking up what I’ve always described as a rudimentary understanding of English.

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The were different levels of interactivity, as one show gave us interview prompts, another had us act as puppeteers of a sort, and elsewhere we were instructed to do some rudimentary bad street dancing.

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No one with a rudimentary grasp of how nation-states function in the 21st century could possibly entertain this notion.

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