primitive

primitive

CEFR: C1-C2 /prim-i-tive/ [p.r.ih1.m.ah0.t.ih0.v]

Primitive describe something belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system. Here are example sentences:

Example Sentences:
The child’s table manners were horrendous like he was a primitive boy.
Right up until the mid-1950s there were still regions in Greenland where the Inuits lived in rather primitive, but highly adequate, dwellings.
The simplest form of engraving is hand engraving, which has been in use almost since civilization began. Stone-age humans using this primitive form of engraving to make marks and drawings on cave walls, but the human hand is only strong enough to engrave some materials.

Primitive also describe animals or plants belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant. For example

Example Sentences:
Gars are a primitive fish that inhabit placid waters of the Western Hemisphere.