rudimental

Not just a drum set player, I player rudimental snare drum, xylophones, marimbas, the whole gambit.

Wii Music, Coda SVGL 2009

The pliocene mammals are like the existing ones, because such was the plan of creation; and we find rudimental organs and similarity of plan, because it has pleased the Creator to set before Himself a

Essays 2007

But before his Golden Globe-nominated turn as Hiro Nakamura, the tech geek turned rudimental superhero on “Heroes,” Masi Oka almost gave up acting.

Watching Heroes » 2007 » April 2007

No adaptive reason whatsoever can be given for...rudimentary teeth, which are never used, in the gums of the young calf and in those of the foetal whale; insects which never bite have rudimental jaws, and others which never fly have rudimental wings; naturally blind creatures have rudimental eyes; and the halt have rudimentary limbs.

Little bones, big inference 2007

No adaptive reason whatsoever can be given for...rudimentary teeth, which are never used, in the gums of the young calf and in those of the foetal whale; insects which never bite have rudimental jaws, and others which never fly have rudimental wings; naturally blind creatures have rudimental eyes; and the halt have rudimentary limbs.

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

Because their rudimental brain sprout does not provide for CONTEMPLATING about the real causes of the status quo.

Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Increasing Troop Levels In Baghdad Made Violence Worse 2006

So mighty+aphrodite would you have a bill to force everyone not good at English to rudimental class?

Think Progress » Hastert Tries To Shift Blame To Staff, Raises Prospect of ‘Cover Up’ 2006

It is curious that a rudimental love of art should co-exist with such a very low state of civilization.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

They seemed to me to be rudimental, burrowing men, still standing on their defence, awaiting their transformation.

Walden 2004

The weapons of the natives are simple and rudimental in character, but varied in their kind and make, according to the purposes for which they may be required, or the local circumstances of the district in which they are used.

An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre 2004