rudimentary Definition
ru·di·men·tary (ro̵̅o̅′də men′tər ē, -men′trē)
adjective
of, or having the nature of, a rudiment or rudiments; specif.,
- elementary
- incompletely or imperfectly developed
- vestigial
rudimentary Related Forms
ru·di·men·tari·ly (ro̵̅o̅′də men ter′ə lē, -men′tər ə lē) adverb
ru′·di·men′·ta·ri·ness noun
rudimentary Synonyms
rudimentary
modif.
Primary
basic, elemental, initial; see fundamental 1, original 1.Immature
undeveloped, embryonic, simple, uncompleted; see crude 1, unfinished 1.
rudimentary Usage Examples
Preposition: at
moment: There are other issues such as the performance of the doctor and other data but these are rudimentary at the moment.
Infinitive complement
say: But film was very, very expensive, in real terms, and the camera was rudimentary to say the least... .
Modifies a noun
- grasp: Some people can build robots but have only a rudimentary grasp of modern dance.
- organ: But as the whole subject of rudimentary organs has been discussed and illustrated in my former works ( 24.
- understanding: To reach even a rudimentary understanding of them requires an openness to looking in many different ways.
- knowledge: Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of trees knows that you do not prune them by chopping all the branches off.
- capability: A rudimentary lighting capability is supported, but the image produced still looks like a plot.
- form: Below, in very rudimentary form, are some things I might say.
Modifying Another Word
- fairly: Obviously I use my languages every day albeit at a fairly rudimentary level.
- pretty: Compared with the examination suggested in the MMM course, this was all pretty rudimentary, I did not even know the species!
- rather: The accommodation has been in rather rudimentary mountain chalets.
- very: Below, in very rudimentary form, are some things I might say.
- quite: Suspect ours is quite rudimentary compared to yours - finding some appropriate Read codes has been an issue.
- even: Look how many years it took to get even rudimentary safety devices into cars.
Used with adjective complement
- remain: However, our understanding of the climate system remains rudimentary.
- seem: The passion of the story and the woman's struggle seems rudimentary with an ending like that.
- become: And it gradually disappears or becomes rudimentary as soon as its function is no longer necessary to the organism.
- provide: Shared Firewall Services This service provides rudimentary filtering of traffic by port number.
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