primitive
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It sounds pretty primitive but that's what they're doing.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
It was this Skynet, “Terminator,” “Mad Max” future primitive sort of thing that now seems current and timely.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
These primitive compartments were essentially tiny bubbles, where lipid membranes enclosed basic organic molecules.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
The first real TV sales pitch, which ran before a Dodgers-Phillies game in 1941, was primitive: a 10-second shot of a still photograph hawking Bulova watches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Tell whether the following words are primitive or derivative, and also whether simple or compound:—
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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