Choose the closest contextual meaning of nascent in the sentence below:
Venture capitalists directed substantial seed funding into the nascent synthetic biology sector, betting on early-stage microbial engineering startups.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. just coming into existence and displaying future potential
- Step 1: Analyze context: investors directed seed funding into 'early-stage' startups in a newly developing industry.
- Step 2: 'Nascent' means just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential; emerging or nascent.
Answer
just coming into existence and displaying future potential.
Why not the others: 'thoroughly obsolete, decaying, and nearing extinction' is the exact antonym (moribund); 'heavily regulated by international sovereign treaties' is unrelated to developmental stage; 'universally unprofitable and structurally unviable' is not implied by nascent.
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