INCHOATE

noun

1. A beginning, an immature start.

verb

1. To begin or start (something).
2. To cause or bring about.
3. To make a start.

adjective

1. Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
2. Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
3. Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.