4
incipient(adjective, beginning)
4
influential(adjective, causative)
4
initial(adjective, beginning)
4
introductory(adjective, beginning)
4
inventive(adjective, original, fundamental, novel, unique)
4
nascent(adjective, pure, beginning)
4
prime(adjective, pure)
4
productive(original, fundamental, novel, unique, ingenious)
4
seminal(adjective, fundamental, novel, unique, innovative)
4
soft(susceptible, supple, influential, lithe, gullible)
3
causal(adjective, fundamental, novel, unique, innovative)
3
causative(adjective, fundamental, novel, unique, resourceful)
3
elemental(adjective, pure)
3
basic(adjective, pure)
3
beginning(adjective, beginning)
3
budding(adjective, beginning)
3
decisive
3
developmental(adjective, influential, impressionable)
3
embryonic(adjective, beginning)
3
fetal(adjective, beginning)
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