primitive

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Instead of remaining fully specialized, these cells shift into a more primitive, stem-cell-like state.

From Science Daily

It could be argued that the Surrealist impulse—primitive, mysterious, downright weird—isn’t modern but as old as art itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

In our view, these are the computational primitives of the system.

From Science Daily

This meant that France labored under a primitive monetary system.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Then we're using primitive tools... and being very careful because the stones here are 1,200 or 1,300 years old."

From BBC