not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered | at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
unaffected by use or exposure | of an early stage in the development of a language or literature |
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity | being or occurring at an early stage of development |
lacking training or experience | belonging to the distant past |
original and of a kind not seen before | very young |
other than the former one(s); different | expected in the near future |
(often followed by `to') unfamiliar | |
having no previous example or precedent or parallel | |