rudimentary
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In the 1970s, Zambia's recording studios were rudimentary and there was no established recording industry.
From BBC
The story is rudimentary: Elongated blue cat people prepare for a gigantic battle with the nasty, militarized, heartless, corporation-backed human colonists, or “sky people.”
But the rudimentary methods used in Vietnam's craft villages produce dangerous emissions and expose workers to toxic chemicals, experts say.
From Barron's
It was so rudimentary that it was often impossible to tell what a program did from descriptions as vague as “extension No. 4” or “allocation of funds,” according to people who saw the spreadsheet.
From Salon
Roughly one in eight freshmen lack rudimentary high-school math skills, defined as geometry, algebra and algebra 2.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
