INCHOATE Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

inchoate

adjective

in-ˈkō-ət

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as in nascent

beginning to come into existence inchoate feelings of affection for a man whom she had, up till now, thought of as only a friend

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Recent Examples of inchoate Strong delicately teases out her characters’ emotional stasis, the end of one major phase and the inchoate beginnings of another. —Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022 Families gradually leave; eventually, the nation itself becomes increasingly inchoate, legally and spiritually rooted to a shoreline that is disappearing under rising tides. —Kausea Natano, Time, 28 Sep. 2022 The rage of men whose grievances are inchoate and inexhaustible found expression in a 58-year-old movie star’s humiliation of his 36-year-old former wife. —New York Times, 2 June 2022 The ground beneath their inchoate relationship shifts from scene to scene. —Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for inchoate

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With the European Launcher Challenge, ESA will provide each of the winners up to 169 million euros ($182 million), a significant cash infusion that officials hope will shepherd Europe's nascent private launch industry toward liftoff.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The move fits into the current administration's larger goal of making the U.S. friendly to the nascent crypto industry.

— Brady Dale, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025