How to Use rudimentary in a Sentence

rudimentary

adjective
  • This class requires a rudimentary knowledge of human anatomy.
  • When baseball was in its rudimentary stages, different teams played by different rules.
  • Some insects have only rudimentary wings.
  • In the half court set his post game is still in its rudimentary stages.
    — Gary Bedore, kansascity, 7 Aug. 2017
  • The two sit on a grassy knoll propped up by a rudimentary wooden fence.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Haynes relied on rudimentary wrestling moves and lots of guile that first year.
    — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Charley can read but can’t write well, his fine motor skills rudimentary.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • Joud's scalp was ripped open and sewed shut with rudimentary stitches.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The people spoke in the form of retweets, a sort of rudimentary ballot in this case.
    — Hannah Smothers, Cosmopolitan, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Take even the most rudimentary lessons that were lost on this president.
    — Jay Cost, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2021
  • At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely.
    — Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Only a rudimentary monument on the side of a road stands to mark the site.
    — Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025
  • Our role is rudimentary — support the vision and serve the song.
    — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2025
  • But his upside may be capped by his lack of a jump shot and rudimentary offensive skills.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 14 June 2019
  • Perry’s boxing skills were far too rudimentary for Paul and he was stopped in the sixth round.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Civilians clawed through the rubble with bare hands and rudimentary tools in search of survivors.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
  • In the beginning, there was the wharf, the rudimentary, workaday pier built to get goods from here to there.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • Roku's home screen is rather rudimentary, more like a smart TV than a streamer.
    — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The shacks had dirt floors, with open fires in the corners, rudimentary beds, and shelves for a few possessions.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • All the tweaks are fairly rudimentary with the option for fine-tuning.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
  • Only the teacher sat upright on a bare tree that served as a rudimentary podium.
    — Joseph Roth, Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Their tools were rudimentary, but their insights were profound.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2025
  • After the game, the senior safety emerged from the locker room with his right arm in a rudimentary sling.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The result is a kind of rudimentary, cyborg turtle hot rod.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Those humans who were good at it, even in its most rudimentary forms, would have a real advantage.
    — Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Richards is a good rebounder who learned the game late and has developed some rudimentary post skills.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 26 June 2017
  • And no, this doesn't mean turning the office into a place full of rudimentary and shallow perks.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The novel can also feel sloppy in more rudimentary ways.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The novel can also feel sloppy in more rudimentary ways.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • His projections were rudimentary by today’s standards, but at the time were ahead of the curve.
    — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'rudimentary.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: