rudimentary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   being in the earliest stages of development

   rudimentary plans

2. 2
   adj

   not fully developed in mature animals

   rudimentary wings

3. 3
   adj

   Of or relating to one or more rudiments.

   I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.

4. 4
   adj

   Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.

   His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.

5. 5
   adj

   being or involving basic facts or principles

6. 6
   noun

   One of the rudimentary mammae of boars.

Etymology

From rudiment + -ary.