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incipient

adjective / in-SIP-ee-uhnt / Hard
Meaning

In an initial stage; just beginning to come into existence or become apparent.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin incipient, beginning, from incipere, to begin, from in, into, plus capere, to take.

Synonyms
nascent emerging budding developing
Antonyms
mature established full-blown developed
Example Sentence
"Early-warning systems aim to detect an incipient drought before it hardens into a full agrarian crisis."
🎯 UPSC Usage

Precise for GS3 disaster and economy answers on early-stage phenomena. Use it to signal timely intervention, for example, 'addressing an incipient banking stress is far cheaper than resolving a systemic crisis later.'

Relevant Subjects
Science Tech
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