in·cho·ate 
(
ĭn-k
ōĭt, -
āt
′)
adj.1. Being in a beginning or early stage; incipient: "The country was developing an incipient national art, an inchoate national literature" (Jay Winik).
2. Imperfectly formed or developed; disordered or incoherent:
"A prophet must be a good public speaker, someone who can transform inchoate rage into eloquent diatribe" (David Leavitt).
[Latin inchoātus, past participle of inchoāre, to begin, alteration of incohāre : in-, in; see IN-2 + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.]
in·choate·ly adv.
in·choate·ness n.