incipient
adjective
1. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
Similar word(s): early, inchoate
Sentences with incipient as an adjective:
- After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
- Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.
noun
1. (countable, obsolete) beginner
2. (uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.