incipient

adjective
UK: /ɪnˈsɪpiənt/
US: /ɪnˈsɪpiənt/

  1. Beginning to develop or appear.

    1. The incipient problem was easy to fix at this stage.
    2. There were only incipient signs of discontent among the population, but the government worried.

  2. In an initial stage; developing.

    1. The project is still in its incipient phase.
    2. The doctor caught the incipient disease before it became too serious, which was lucky.

Synonyms

emerging nascent beginning embryonic developing

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The word "incipient" in English means: Beginning to develop or appear., In an initial stage; developing..

The phonetic transcription of "incipient" is /ɪnˈsɪpiənt/ in British English and /ɪnˈsɪpiənt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "incipient": emerging, nascent, beginning, embryonic, developing.

Example usage of "incipient": "The incipient problem was easy to fix at this stage.". More examples on the page.