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rudimentary

adjective

ru·​di·​men·​ta·​ry ˌrü-də-ˈmen-tə-rē How to pronounce rudimentary (audio)
-ˈmen-trē
1
: consisting in first principles : fundamental
had only a rudimentary formal education D. J. Boorstin
2
: of a primitive kind
the equipment of these past empire-builders was rudimentary A. J. Toynbee
3
: very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige
the rudimentary tail of a hyrax
rudimentarily
ˌrü-də-ˌmen-ˈter-ə-lē How to pronounce rudimentary (audio)
-ˈmen-trə-lē
adverb
rudimentariness
ˌrü-də-ˈmen-tə-rē-nəs How to pronounce rudimentary (audio)
-ˈmen-trē-
noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Because now, every schlemiel with a pair of mirrored sunglasses and a rudimentary grasp of the rules of poker thinks he can play cards with the pros. A. J. Jacobs, New York Times Book Review, 8 May 2005 Despite the rudimentary nature of its instruments—an octant, a chronometer and a level—the Lewis and Clark Expedition was a triumph for science and natural history. Daniel J. Boorstin, U.S. News & World Report, 11 July 1994 A few were hopeless imbeciles, unable to comprehend more than the rudimentary requirements of filling their bellies when food was placed before them … Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Monster Men, 1929 This class requires a rudimentary knowledge of human anatomy. When baseball was in its rudimentary stages, different teams played by different rules. Some insects have only rudimentary wings. See More
Recent Examples on the Web The Europe model comes across as a cargo van with rudimentary rear seating (think Mercedes-Benz Metris), and in fact there's a cargo version rated for 1429 pounds of payload. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 Sep. 2022 Argonaut had a knack for making realistic tanks seem to move and three-dimensional spaceships seem to fly through space—the kinds of things that shouldn’t have been possible on such rudimentary hardware. Bijan Stephen, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022 But Apple began to include rudimentary anti-malware protections with macOS versions with Snow Leopard in 2009. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022 But the nickname has more rudimentary origins, said Gibbs, who credited classmates at Potomac High School in Dumfries, Virginia, with the moniker that played off the pronunciation of his first name (hay-SOOS). Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022 New chatbots have exhibited offensive speech patterns, and his virtual reality system has been critiqued as rudimentary. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 The westward expansion and urbanization of the 19th century left clusters of families scattered across rural America, with only muddy ruts and a rudimentary web of roads to connect them. Lyz Lenz, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Aug. 2022 And the work requires going well beyond rudimentary customer and employee surveys (more on that in a moment). Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 While investigating a robbery at a local liquor store, the duo fumble their way through multiple witness testimonies, draw a rudimentary police sketch of the culprit, and struggle to differentiate between the rapper Eminem and the popular candy. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see rudiment

First Known Use

1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of rudimentary was in 1619

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