transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈkō-ət, ˈin-kə-ˌwāt ]
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 : imperfectly formed or formulated : formless , incoherent
misty, inchoate suspicions that all is not well with the nation — J. M. Perry
• in·cho·ate·ly adverb
• in·cho·ate·ness noun