inchoate
11inchoate — Probably because of the similarity in spelling to chaotic and in pronunciation to incoherent, people sometimes take the word to mean disorderly or disorganized. In fact it means incipient, undeveloped, just starting. An inchoate enterprise is… …
12inchoate — adjective Etymology: Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare to start work on, perhaps from in + cohum part of a yoke to which the beam of a plow is fitted Date: 1534 being only partly in existence or operation ; incipient; especially… …
13inchoate — inchoately, adv. inchoateness, n. /in koh it, ayt/ or, esp. Brit., /in koh ayt /, adj. 1. not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary. 2. just begun; incipient. 3. not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.… …
14inchoate — in|cho|ate [ınˈkəuıt US ˈkou ] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of inchoare to begin ] inchoate ideas, plans, attitudes etc are only just starting to develop …
15inchoate — adjective formal inchoate ideas, plans, attitudes etc are only just starting to develop …
16inchoate crime — n. A crime that could constitute the initial stages of another crime; e.g., assault could be an inchoate form of battery. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
17inchoate lien — see lien Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
18inchoate / incoherent — Inchoate describes something in an early stage of development, and that is incomplete: Lucy s plan remained inchoate and was developed no further. Incoherent describes something that is lacking connection or order: Some even thought that… …
19inchoate / incoherent — Inchoate describes something in an early stage of development, and that is incomplete: Lucy s plan remained inchoate and was developed no further. Incoherent describes something that is lacking connection or order: Some even thought that… …
20inchoate offence — a crime that can be committed even though the planned or actual crime is not completed. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …
