elemental
adjectiveBasic or essential to the nature of something.
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adjectiveBasic or undeveloped in form or method; also belonging to an early stage of development.
rudimentary
adjectiveBasic or at an early stage of development.
semiliterate
adjectiveAble to read and write only at a limited or elementary level.
unsophisticated
adjectiveSimple or lacking refinement, worldly experience, or technical complexity.
Lacking worldly refinement
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