An attempt to commit a crime is considered an inchoate offense that can itself be punished.
Source: tatoeba (10056048)
Inchoate
//ɪnˈkəʊət//
Synonyms for "inchoate" (170 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Adjective(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (85)
indistinctinexactinfantinfantileinforminitialinitiativeinitiatoryintroductoryinventiveirregularkaleidoscopickindredlaxlooselumpenmeaninglessmisshapenmistymuddled
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nascentnatalnondescriptnonspecificnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformobscureorderlessoriginalparturientplanlesspostnatalpregnantprenatalprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprocreativepromiscuousrandomrudimentalrudimentarysenselessshadowed forthshadowyshapelessspasmodicsporadicstochasticstragglingstragglysweepingsystemlessunarrangedunclassifiedunclearunconnectedundefinedundestinedundeterminedundevelopedundirectedunformedungradedunjoinedunmethodicalunorderedunorganizedunplainunsortedunspecifiedunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformurvagueveiledwandering
Adjective(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِبْتِدَائِيّ adj (started but not fully formed)
- اِبْتِدَائِيّ adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- зачатъчен adj (started but not fully formed)
- недоразвит adj (started but not fully formed)
Czech
4 entries- jsoucí v zárodku adj (started but not fully formed)
- nevyvinutý adj (started but not fully formed)
- nevyzrálý adj (started but not fully formed)
- rodící se adj (started but not fully formed)
Dutch
2 entries- embryonaal adj (started but not fully formed)
- onvoldragen adj (started but not fully formed)
Finnish
4 entries- alkeellinen adj (started but not fully formed)
- alullaan oleva adj (started but not fully formed)
- jäsentymätön adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- orastava adj (started but not fully formed)
French
1 entries- embryonnaire adj (started but not fully formed)
German
4 entries- beginnend adj (started but not fully formed)
- chaotisch adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- im Entstehen begriffen adj (started but not fully formed)
- unausgegoren adj (started but not fully formed)
Greek
2 entries- ατελής adj (started but not fully formed)
- νεοφανής adj (started but not fully formed)
Hindi
4 entries- अपक्व adj (started but not fully formed)
- अपक्व adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- अपूर्ण adj (started but not fully formed)
- अपूर्ण adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Hungarian
1 entries- befejezetlen adj (started but not fully formed)
Japanese
1 entries- 無感性な adj (started but not fully formed)
Marathi
4 entries- अपक्व adj (started but not fully formed)
- अपूर्ण adj (started but not fully formed)
- अविकसित adj (started but not fully formed)
- असंपूर्ण adj (started but not fully formed)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- embryonisk adj (started but not fully formed)
- kaotisk adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- springende adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- usammenhengende adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Persian
2 entries- اِبْتِدَائِی adj (started but not fully formed)
- اِبْتِدَائِی adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Russian
4 entries- начальный adj (started but not fully formed)
- неоконченный adj (started but not fully formed)
- ранний adj (started but not fully formed)
- хаотичный adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Sanskrit
4 entries- अपक्व adj (started but not fully formed)
- अपूर्ण adj (started but not fully formed)
- अविकसित adj (started but not fully formed)
- असम्पूर्ण adj (started but not fully formed)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nedovršen adj (started but not fully formed)
- spetljan adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- spetljana adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- spetljano adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Spanish
4 entries- caótico adj (chaotic, incoherent)
- embrional adj (started but not fully formed)
- incipiente adj (started but not fully formed)
- incoherente adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Swedish
1 entries- outvecklad adj (started but not fully formed)
Urdu
2 entries- اِبْتِدَائِی adj (started but not fully formed)
- اِبْتِدَائِی adj (chaotic, incoherent)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
My life is a mess of numerous inchoate pursuits which I continuously delude myself into thinking I will complete.
Source: tatoeba (11125425)
This definition is inchoate, and thus it must be interpreted.
Source: tatoeba (11683507)
The definition is inchoate, and thus it must be interpreted.
Source: tatoeba (13075345)
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