rudimentary
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Roughly one in eight freshmen lack rudimentary high-school math skills, defined as geometry, algebra and algebra 2.
Three years later, the latest version of ChatGPT — with real-time access to the web, enhanced reasoning, coding skills and image- and video- generation capabilities — makes its initial features appear rudimentary.
From MarketWatch
In one patch of blue canvas shelters, some 60 doctors, nurses and pharmacists have assembled what passes for a clinic: a makeshift pharmacy, a rudimentary laboratory and tents used as short-stay wards.
From Barron's
The “Anthology” project found its origins in the early 1970s when Beatles insiders Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans began compiling “Scrapbook,” their rudimentary attempt at taking an audiovisual inventory of the group’s history.
From Salon
For much of the 20th century, financial modeling meant working with a rudimentary, laborious set of tools: eight-column ledger paper, mechanical adding machines or hand-held calculators.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
