Sentence:  Because he interprets the <WSD>primitive</WSD> state of man as one of mere potentiality or capacity and believes that Adam and Eve were created as children , Irenaeus often seems inclined to extenuate their disobedience as being `` due , no doubt , to carelessness , but still wicked '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness