rudimentaryadjective
uk/ˌruː.dɪˈmen.tər.i/us/ˌruː.dəˈmen.tər.i/also rudimental, /ˌruː.dɪˈmen.təl//ˌruː.dəˈmen.t̬əl/formalbasic:
Her knowledge is still only rudimentary.
Rudimentary methods, equipment, systems, or body parts are simple and not very well developed:
Some unusual fish have rudimentary legs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Crude and basic
- 101
- at bottom idiom
- backward
- bare
- basic
- bottom
- crude
- homespun
- low-tech
- Mickey Mouse
- primal
- primordial
- rough
- rude
- simple
- skeletal
- stone-age
- two-dimensional
- vanilla
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