rudimentary
/ˌrudəˈmɛntəri/
adjective
- Involving or limited to basic principles or skills; not advanced or complex.
- The shelter was rudimentary, made of just a few branches and leaves.
- The students learned rudimentary cooking techniques like boiling an egg.
- His rudimentary knowledge of Spanish was enough to order food at the restaurant.
- Relating to an early, simple stage of development; not fully formed.
- In the embryo, the heart begins as a rudimentary tube.
- The fossil showed rudimentary wings that could not yet support flight.
- The village had only a rudimentary system for collecting rainwater.
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