English-Dutch translation for "primitive"
"primitive" Dutch translation
primitive {noun}
primitive {adjective}
primitive {adj.} (also: aboriginal, pristine, original, primordial)
It's like that initial stage is over -- oneness: infancy, unformed, primitive.
Man is a primitive species...... so we'll need something primitive for leverage.
Starvation was being used as a weapon of mass destruction -- primitive but extremely effective.
So, the earliest retes, for example, were very simple and primitive.
The image reminded me of a cave painting, and echoed how primitive we still are in so many ways.
primitive {adj.}
And can we really do better than these primitive, small-brained ancestors?
And those were the most primitive forms of cells in a sense, those little drops of oil.
Archaeopteryx, which is a bird, a primitive bird, still has that very primitive hand.
The Bible actually talks about cognitive psychology, very primitive cognitive psychology.
So remember, these are primitive things, so dancing protocells, that's very interesting to us.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "primitive":
© Princeton Universityarchaic · crude · rude · naive · primitive person
Usage examples
Usage examples for "primitive" in Dutch
If so, is there not a risk that there will be an increase in the carriage of radioactive waste and that countries with good primitive rock structures may become waste dumps for the whole of Europe?
The question that we had is how can bacteria, these primitive organisms, tell the difference from times when they're alone, and times when they're in a community, and then all do something together.
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