primitive

/pɹˈɪmɪtˌɪv/

/ˈpɹɪmətɪv/, /ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/

primitive

related or belonging to a society or way of life without modern industry, etc.

characteristic of an early stage of human or animal evolution

synonyms : crude

little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

synonyms : archaic

of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

synonyms : naive

Primitive

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

Examples

1. Here in the Boyaca region, the method of coal mining is primitive.

2. Human beings were pretty primitive back then.

3. Second, microphone technology was fairly primitive.

4. Basic feelings are primitives of mind experience.