incipient
/in-SIP-ee-unt/adjectivein an initial stage; beginning to develop
“The scan caught the disease at an incipient stage.”
- Synonyms
- nascent, embryonic, budding
- Antonyms
- mature, full-blown
- Memory hook
- incipere (begin): just beginning.
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