INCHOATE

[in.cho.ate] adj [L inchoatus, pp. of inchoare to start work on, perh. fr. in- + cohum part of a yoke to which the beam of a plow is fitted] (1534): being only partly in existence or operation; esp: imperfectly formed or formulated: formless "misty, ~ suspicions that all is not well with the nation --J. M. Perry" -- in.cho.ate.ly adv -- in.cho.ate.ness n