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inchoate

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


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So much of your book is about what I think of as inchoate or invisible institutions.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

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

Instead, the emails became a symbol of a powerful but inchoate sense, magnified by disproportionate press attention, that she was devious and deceptive.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

He mumbles a few inchoate phrases to someone who is not there.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner




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