Advanced
Advanced adjective - Being far along in development.
Usage example: an advanced civilization, among the first anywhere to use the plow, developed on the banks of the Nile River thousands of years ago
Primitive
Primitive adjective - Belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development.
Usage example: primitive wooden tools were used before the Iron Age
Nearby Word: primitively
Both words in one sentence
- The Ender series features both technologically advanced and primitive races of aliens.
Source: Humanity Is Advanced - One-Winged Angel: Precursors are discovered to be able to take a multitude of forms, "flesh and spirit, primitive and advanced", of which the Flood is only the latest.
Source: Literature / Halo: Silentium - First Doctor Era: The meeting of the primitive and the advanced.
Source: Central Theme / Live-Action TV
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