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inchoate

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


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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

Davis, to her credit, doesn’t sugarcoat just how difficult it can be, especially for those new to its often inchoate norms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

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 remains an inchoate, irredeemable, iconic mess of humanity developmentally stuck between diapers and nursery school.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

In this frenzied atmosphere, the inchoate ideas of Bush and Conant about international control made barely a ripple.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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