incondite

adjective in·con·dite \in-ˈkän-dət, -ˌdīt\

Definition of INCONDITE

: badly put together : crude <incondite prose>

Latin inconditus, from in- + conditus, past participle of condere to put together, from com- + -dere to put — more at do

First Known Use: 1539

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