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primitive
adjective as in ancient, original
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adjective as in uncivilized or crude
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Fragile materials such as primitive cells and microbial mats were buried, squeezed, heated, and fractured as the planet's crust shifted over billions of years.
“It would take a miracle to find decent caviar in this primitive land,” he remarked on his way out, “but a plate of smoked herring would do nicely in a pinch.”
The excavations of the Antikythera shipwreck, in 1900, marked the beginnings of underwater excavations carried out in what is regarded as a technologically primitive manner.
In contrast, chondrites retain primitive solar system dust as well as small molten droplets called chondrules.
The song begins and ends with an intentionally primitive AI-generated voice saying, “This is how it feels to be hunted by something smarter than you.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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