Rudimentary Definition

rudimentary
adjective
  1. being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
  2. being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans"
  3. not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"

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