Rudimentary
adjective
Basic or simple, not fully developed.
I have rudimentary skills in cooking.
adjective
Relating to an immature, undeveloped, or basic form.
The rudimentary form of a fully developed organism.
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Academic
adjective
Just identified or just beginning to develop.
A rudimentary version of the software was released for testing.
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Technical
adjective
Low in grade or rank, basic or minimal in quality, or lacking in sophistication.
His rudimentary English skills are not enough for this job.
adjective
Basic or simple, not fully developed.
I have rudimentary skills in cooking.
adjective
Relating to an immature, undeveloped, or basic form.
The rudimentary form of a fully developed organism.
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Just identified or just beginning to develop.
A rudimentary version of the software was released for testing.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Low in grade or rank, basic or minimal in quality, or lacking in sophistication.
His rudimentary English skills are not enough for this job.
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Pro Tip 1/2Foundation Level
Use 'rudimentary' to express something is at its most basic or beginning stage.
She has a rudimentary understanding of physics.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Complex
'Rudimentary' suggests lack of complexity, sophistication, or advanced features.
The hotel offered only rudimentary accommodations.
Pro Tip 1/2Foundation Level
Use 'rudimentary' to express something is at its most basic or beginning stage.
She has a rudimentary understanding of physics.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Complex
'Rudimentary' suggests lack of complexity, sophistication, or advanced features.
The hotel offered only rudimentary accommodations.
Pro Tip 1/2Foundation Level
Use 'rudimentary' to express something is at its most basic or beginning stage.
She has a rudimentary understanding of physics.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Complex
'Rudimentary' suggests lack of complexity, sophistication, or advanced features.
The hotel offered only rudimentary accommodations.
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Martin Hanczyc: The line...
"If we accept the theory of evolution, then the first dawn of synthesis of life must consist in the production of forms intermediate between the inorganic and the organic world, or between the non-living and living world, forms which possess only some of the rudimentary attributes of life" -- so, the ones I just discussed --
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The real reason for...
memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn't affect the way you're going to move later in life now for those who didn't believe this argument we have trees and grass and our planet without the brain but that clinching evidence is this animal here the humble cease were rudimentary animal
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Sonia Shah: 3 reasons we...
So I think people in malarious parts of the world must think of malaria the way those of us who live in the temperate world think of cold and flu. Right? Cold and flu have a huge burden on our societies and on our own lives, but we don't really even take the most rudimentary precautions against it because
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Tomb of Newgrange PIPE...
builders possessed only rudimentary technologies is particularly important because it's been proven without doubt that it was very deliberately aligned to sunrise at the winter solstice its facade is a white quartz restored by archaeologists who believe the mound was originally covered in a smooth stone
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How innovation happens PIPE...
student in a lab working on quantum computing this research convinced him that some problems could be better solved with logic based on probabilities so for his thesis he created and built a rudimentary working prototype most experts thought his invention was interesting but didn't see it amounting
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The perks of being a...
but it went on to pay dividends for the rest of my life. It happened when I attempted to step up a curb. Now as rudimentary as this action sounds to most of you, stepping up a curb is somewhat of a challenge for those of us without ankle movement. So I tried stepping up the curb
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Sir David Attenborough...
are ultimately descended every detail of its anatomy therefore is of absorbing interest its fins have long fleshy lobes at their base which make them quite unlike the fins of any other living fish and there seems little doubt that these represent the first rudimentary legs
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The sound the universe...
And in the time since Galileo pointed that rudimentary telescope at the celestial bodies, the known universe has come to us through light, across vast eras in cosmic history. And with all of our modern telescopes,
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Ink made of air...
And after mixing them, you could churn out a very rudimentary form of ink that would go into a cartridge, and now you could print with it. This was my "Hello, World!" of experimenting with printing with pollution.
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Biggest Suspension...
spring in stringers on it the grade these are really good now owe yourself support now tying them together forms a rudimentary suspension bridge it's fine
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Martin Hanczyc: The line...
"If we accept the theory of evolution, then the first dawn of synthesis of life must consist in the production of forms intermediate between the inorganic and the organic world, or between the non-living and living world, forms which possess only some of the rudimentary attributes of life" -- so, the ones I just discussed --
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The real reason for...
memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn't affect the way you're going to move later in life now for those who didn't believe this argument we have trees and grass and our planet without the brain but that clinching evidence is this animal here the humble cease were rudimentary animal
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Sonia Shah: 3 reasons we...
So I think people in malarious parts of the world must think of malaria the way those of us who live in the temperate world think of cold and flu. Right? Cold and flu have a huge burden on our societies and on our own lives, but we don't really even take the most rudimentary precautions against it because
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Tomb of Newgrange PIPE...
builders possessed only rudimentary technologies is particularly important because it's been proven without doubt that it was very deliberately aligned to sunrise at the winter solstice its facade is a white quartz restored by archaeologists who believe the mound was originally covered in a smooth stone
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How innovation happens PIPE...
student in a lab working on quantum computing this research convinced him that some problems could be better solved with logic based on probabilities so for his thesis he created and built a rudimentary working prototype most experts thought his invention was interesting but didn't see it amounting
Video examples
The perks of being a...
but it went on to pay dividends for the rest of my life. It happened when I attempted to step up a curb. Now as rudimentary as this action sounds to most of you, stepping up a curb is somewhat of a challenge for those of us without ankle movement. So I tried stepping up the curb
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Sir David Attenborough...
are ultimately descended every detail of its anatomy therefore is of absorbing interest its fins have long fleshy lobes at their base which make them quite unlike the fins of any other living fish and there seems little doubt that these represent the first rudimentary legs
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The sound the universe...
And in the time since Galileo pointed that rudimentary telescope at the celestial bodies, the known universe has come to us through light, across vast eras in cosmic history. And with all of our modern telescopes,
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Ink made of air...
And after mixing them, you could churn out a very rudimentary form of ink that would go into a cartridge, and now you could print with it. This was my "Hello, World!" of experimenting with printing with pollution.
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Biggest Suspension...
spring in stringers on it the grade these are really good now owe yourself support now tying them together forms a rudimentary suspension bridge it's fine
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John Burroughs
American Author
One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury. Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
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Victoria Aveyard
American Author
I start out giving characters archetypes and parameters. Once I know the basics and have a rudimentary model, it's easier to carve unique curves and edges. It's quite easy to guess how a character is going to react if you know their background, and at a certain point, you realize you understand them personally.
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Daniel Dennett
American Philosopher
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
When the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incidental circumstance but of mental maturity.
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Nancy Wilson
American Musician
There is a definite sound with all-girl bands, a good rudimentary sound, and that's what's cool and punk about all-girl bands that you still find, largely - it's really kind of primal.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool.
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William Morris
English Designer
How often it consoles me to think of barbarism once more flooding the world, and real feelings and passions, however rudimentary, taking the place of our wretched hypocrisies.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
American Journalist
The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.
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Suzy Shuster
American Journalist
Kindness to animals seems to me to be one of the most rudimentary lessons of all.
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John Burroughs
American Author
One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury. Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
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Victoria Aveyard
American Author
I start out giving characters archetypes and parameters. Once I know the basics and have a rudimentary model, it's easier to carve unique curves and edges. It's quite easy to guess how a character is going to react if you know their background, and at a certain point, you realize you understand them personally.
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Daniel Dennett
American Philosopher
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
When the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incidental circumstance but of mental maturity.
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Nancy Wilson
American Musician
There is a definite sound with all-girl bands, a good rudimentary sound, and that's what's cool and punk about all-girl bands that you still find, largely - it's really kind of primal.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool.
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William Morris
English Designer
How often it consoles me to think of barbarism once more flooding the world, and real feelings and passions, however rudimentary, taking the place of our wretched hypocrisies.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
American Journalist
The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.
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Suzy Shuster
American Journalist
Kindness to animals seems to me to be one of the most rudimentary lessons of all.
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