in·cho·ate
( n-k  t)
adj.
1. In an initial or early stage; incipient.
2. Imperfectly formed or developed: a vague, inchoate idea.
[Latin incho
 tus, past participle of
inchore,
to begin, alteration of incohre : in-, in; see
in-2 + cohum, strap from yoke to
harness.]
in·cho
ate·ly adv.
in·cho
ate·ness
n. |
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Dad's friends keep trying to direct Mom's inchoate retirement, but she'll find her own way.
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