Digital cameras aren't as good as rudimentary cameras.
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Rudimentary
/ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛntəɹi/
Synonyms for "rudimentary" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Adjective(12 words)
fundamentalartlessbasicbasic biology conceptbasic math 101basic math factscoarsestcrudeearly conceptearly romanesqueearly societyearly society housing
abecedarianaboriginalantenatalarrestedautochthonousbackwardbasalbasicbasilarbeginningbuddingcentralcoarsecreationcreativecrucialcrudedumpydwarfdwarfed
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Noun(4 words)
amateur photographybasic cognitive skillbasic greedy methodbeginner portuguese vocabulary
Strong matches (55)
Adjective(12 words)
early stageelementaryelementary unitembryonic developmenteolithichackishimprovisedincipientincompletelow-techlow-technology culturelow-technology societies
elementalelementaryelfinembryonicessentialfetalfirstformativefoundationalfundamentalgenerativegeneticgerminalgestatoryimmatureimperfectin embryoin its infancyin ovoin the bud
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
less developed society
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Adjective(23 words)
minimum reading abilitynascentprehistoric animalsprimaevalprimitiveprimitive artprimitive civilizationprimitive civilization originsprimitive cultureprimitive methodsprimitive operationprimitive shelterprimitive societyprimitive toolsprimitive weaponrawbonedroughscrappysimpleskeletal
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nanoidnascentnataloriginaloversimpleparturientpostnatalpregnantprenatalpreparatoryprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprimordialpristineprocreativeprotogenic
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pygmyradicalreductionisticreductiveroughroughcastroughhewnruderudimentalruntyscraggyscrubbyseminalshriveledshrunkshrunkensimplisticsquatstuntedtom thumbunblownuncultivateduncultureduncutunderdevelopedunderlyingundersizeundersizedundevelopedunfashionedunfinishedunformedunhewnunlaboredunlickedunpolishedunprocessedunrefinedunshapeduntreatedunworkedunwroughturvestigialwizened
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
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6 entriesadjectiveconstruction qualitydescriptive termdevelopment stagelevel of developmentlevel of refinement
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesrudimentary conceptsrudimentary knowledgerudimentary mathematicsrudimentary skillsrudimentary understandingrudimentary vocabulary
Inflections
2 entriesmore rudimentarymost rudimentary
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4 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
She has a rudimentary grasp of the Berber language.
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Yanni's Berber is very rudimentary.
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She says the rudimentary shelters are constructed from anything they can find—bits of plastic or clothing—and these are tacked onto wooden branches, which are then covered with straw.
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