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inchoate

[in-koh-it, -eyt, in-koh-eyt] / ɪnˈkoʊ ɪt, -eɪt, ˈɪn koʊˌeɪt /


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Brian Schaer, 43, a limestone miner from southern Iowa, sums up the inchoate resentment: “It’s frustrating when you don’t get your stuff going.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

And if this is, in fact, the call, then what it might look like to answer it is no longer inchoate or mysterious.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2026

All of which feels fair, especially since Rogan is the target of Johnson’s inchoate ire.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2025

But the definition is so inchoate that decisions about whether something rates as fair use are typically done by judges on a case-by-case basis.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2025

All over the inchoate solar system, the same was happening.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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