Rudimentary
Rudimentary adjective - Belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development.
Short and rudimentary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Rudimentary".
Nearby Word: rudiment
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Rudimentary and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rudimentary" instead an adjective "Short".
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Horribly used by a 19th century short story: a young peasant girl hides her pregnancy with a rudimentary corset (planks of wood strapped together with rope).
Source: Of Corset Hurts -
While they were able to create a rudimentary one using ionized gas, it was large, clunky, short ranged, and could only be used in a specially conditioned room.
Source: Lightning Gun -
This familiar scenario first appeared in the 1867 short story "Captain Tom's Fright", although a more rudimentary form of it was seen on stage in 1863 in the play The Engineer.
Source: Chained to a Railway
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