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nascent

[ney-suhnt, nas-uhnt] / ˈneɪ sənt, ˈnæs ənt /








ADJECTIVE
underdeveloped
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Nascent companies can use them to announce they’ve arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Nascent concerns over the labor market weakening has prompted many to rethink spending plans.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Nascent signs that consumer spending was beginning to rebound in China were not enough to change that.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2023

Nascent Venezuelan singer Briella has come forward to suggest that Shakira’s hook on the new song — her wolf-like wooooo — closely resembles that from her own song “Solo Tú,” released in June.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Nascent, nas′ent, adj. springing up: arising: beginning to exist or to grow.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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