Vocabulary

primitive

原(げん)始(し)的(てき)な(な)

B1 · Intermediate Uncommon

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Adjective

Very simple and not developed; basic and often lacking modern features.

とても単純(たんじゅん)で発達(はったつ)していない、現代(げんだい)的(てき)な機能(きのう)などがあまりない様子(ようす)。

Examples

  1. He spoke in primitive Japanese, but people still understood him.
  2. Early computers were very primitive compared to modern ones.

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