primitive
Example Sentences
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Fragile materials such as primitive cells and microbial mats were buried, squeezed, heated, and fractured as the planet's crust shifted over billions of years.
From Science Daily
In contrast, chondrites retain primitive solar system dust as well as small molten droplets called chondrules.
From Science Daily
The song begins and ends with an intentionally primitive AI-generated voice saying, “This is how it feels to be hunted by something smarter than you.”
From Salon
"Some children nowadays may think that our dolls were silly and primitive," he said.
From Barron's
For most of the 20th century, the prevailing view of Southern plantations was one of feudal estates with accordingly primitive systems for the extraction of labor and thereby profit from bonded toil.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
