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An abortive attempt or action is cut short before it is finished; hence, it is unsuccessful.
If you abridge a book or play, you make it shorter by making cuts to the original.
Something that is amorphous has no clear shape, boundaries, or structure.
Something antiquated is old-fashioned and not suitable for modern needs or conditions.
Something that is archaic is out of date or not currently used any more because it is no longer considered useful or efficient.
A decadent person has low moral standards and is more interested in pleasure than serious matters.
A diminution of something is a reduction in the size, number, or importance of it.
Dissolution is the breaking up or official end of a group, such as a couple or institution; it can also be the act of separating something into smaller components.
A fledgling business endeavor is just beginning or developing.
An inaugural event celebrates the beginning of something, such as the term of a president or the beginning of a series of meetings.
An inception of something is its beginning or start.
If an idea, plan, or attitude is inchoate, it is vague and imperfectly formed because it is just starting to develop.
An incipient situation or quality is just beginning to appear or develop.
To initiate something is to begin or start it.
An innovation is something new that is created or is a novel process for doing something.
If you describe something as moribund, you imply that it is no longer effective; it may also be coming to the end of its useful existence.
If something is obsolescent, it is slowly becoming no longer needed because something newer or more effective has been invented.
Something that is pristine has not lost any of its original perfection or purity.
A seminal article, book, piece of music or other work has many new ideas; additionally, it has great influence on generating ideas for future work.
A wizened person is very old, shrunken with age, and has a lot of wrinkles on their skin.
Adj.
nascent
NAY-suhnt
Context
My cousin believes that his budding, nascent career as a web designer will grow into steady work. After all, he just started two months ago in this nascent job. I told him that the concept of web design itself was in its developing, nascent stage not long ago, and it looks very promising. The risk of his career track, however, is that he is now working for a nascent, start-up company, which may or may not succeed.
Quiz:Try again!
What is an example of a nascent organization?
A new start-up technology company that is already attracting many investors.
A bank that was one of the first to open its doors in this country centuries ago.
A movie rental store that had to close because no one was renting movies anymore.
Ascent If something is nascent, it can only go on the ascent or up since it truly began with nothing.
Examples
And even though streaming is growing in popularity in India, experts say cinemas may do well in smaller cities and towns where streaming services are nascent and Covid-19 case numbers are fewer.
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BBC
The nascent White House Correspondents Association had just 11 members at its birth in 1914, and there would not be a formal position of White House press secretary until 1929.
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NPR
A nascent organization is in the state of “being born.”
Word Theater
John Denver: Country Boy John Denver had to deal with rock-music journalism when it was in its nascent stages.
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