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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rudimentary /ˌruːdɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri/

▶adjective

1 involving or limited to basic principles.

2 relating to an immature, undeveloped, or basic form.

– derivatives
rudimentarily adverb.

'rudimentary' also found in these Oxford entries:

abortive - anlage - apodous - booklouse - bud - crude - dewclaw - elementary - embryo - embryonic - inchoate - obsolete - plumule - primitive - scale - vestigial

Forum discussions with the word(s) "rudimentary" in the title:

failing anew each day despite being so rudimentary
It was (a) sort of a rudimentary approach
rudimentary
rudimentary/elementary

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