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'primitive' in a sentence

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primitive adjective

: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

: little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

: used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

primitive noun

: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

: a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

: a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms


  • Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
  • This is a fairly primitive website.
  • When the boys go camping, they enjoy living in a primitive way.
  • At that time a primitive people lived there.
  • The rioters were like animals in the grip of a primitive frenzy.
  • He contends that primitive life once existed on Mars.
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