incipient

(noun, adjective)

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.