inchoate

Example Sentences

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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

Another problem with the analysis is that the candidates’ proposals are inchoate — as the committee acknowledges.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

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

Little Man Theory remains mere theory, to be sure, possibly no more than an inchoate proto-theory, because it is yet hypothetical, speculative and assumptive.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2023

Richard paused, pleased to feel the strangely inchoate intimacy that came with talking about himself, something he rarely did.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie