INCHOATE

in an initial stage

not fully formed

/only partly in existence
SYN - incipent
"A vague inchoate idea."

//especially imperfectly formed or formulated

"With one glance he could tell it was an inchoate painting."

"The fragments and lack of over-arching theme made it obvious that this was an inchoate piece of work."

"Through advances in science they were now able to see what inchoate life was like."

"He had trouble hanging onto the inchoate thought that was floating in his brain."