rudimentary

Example Sentences

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Anyone with even rudimentary knowledge of recent history would have known this was likely.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

For now, though, Londoners are falling victim to more rudimentary scams at an alarming rate, Rory Innes, chief executive of The Cyber Helpline, said.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

As it hit the pitch, Catan leapt into action and started performing rudimentary CPR, pumping the bird's ribcage.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

On reading exams, a third of high-school seniors scored “below basic,” the bottom threshold, and nearly half lacked the ability to perform rudimentary math computations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

They speak a rudimentary English—milk, pee-pee, cookie—but have trouble with words like onion and union.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee