premodification

adjective

pre·​mod·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌprē-ˌmä-də-fə-ˈkā-shən 

variants or pre-modification

: existing, occurring, or done before a modification

But in its slightly more down-to-earth pre-modification past, the aircraft was originally conceived as … an agricultural crop-duster.

—Brygony Jones

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above