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as in amorphous
having no definite or recognizable form
what was once an unformed lump of clay is now an attractive, useful bowl
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2
as in inexperienced
lacking in adult experience or maturity
under his care and tutelage, young men, unformed in mind and body, became battle-worthy soldiers
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Recent Examples of unformed
Then, as now, the old international system was unraveling while a new world order remained unformed.
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Judd Devermont, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
Malik and Eric are still too unformed to fully comprehend what this separation will mean to their lives.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
In local races, voters’ opinions of the candidates tend to be relatively unformed and persuadable.
—Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Public standards have been demolished, and that deprivation has permeated the unformed morality of the young generation.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
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Judd Devermont, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
Malik and Eric are still too unformed to fully comprehend what this separation will mean to their lives.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
In local races, voters’ opinions of the candidates tend to be relatively unformed and persuadable.
—Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Public standards have been demolished, and that deprivation has permeated the unformed morality of the young generation.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unformed
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The other two-thirds are on a scale of anxiously hopeful to beyond desperate -- an amorphous netherworld of doubt that, yes, includes the Miami Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa, or should.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Comedy is this huge, amorphous, unpredictable, uncontrollable thing, and there’s an SNL connection to at least half of it.—
Andy Hoglund,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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What do these formless smudges on the page mean?—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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Elaborating on the different forms of Shiva worshipped across cultures, Tripathi says, the concept of divine being is difficult to understand in its nirguna (formless) form.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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This portion of the bone marrow comprises fat cells, immature bone, and cartilage cells that will eventually help remodel, renew, and strengthen your bones.—
Gagandeep Brar,
Verywell Health,
14 Feb. 2025
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Both young actors are superb, each zigzagging along that fine line between immature posturing and actual, exhilarating self-realization, evoking that transitional stage through which girls like them can often seem at least three ages at once.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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But one wild, dare-we-say chaotic month can change things, and the Pirates wouldn’t mind following Detroit’s blueprint.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The latter are chaotic galaxies that lack a distinct shape, and are low in elements heavier than hydrogen and helium — akin to galaxies from the early universe.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Hope, an adolescent red wolf from one of the cloned litters produced by Colossal.—
Emily Mullin,
Wired News,
7 Apr. 2025
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After reaming her besties out for having not changed at all since their teen years, Laurie reverts back to her adolescent self.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Traditional analysis methods often fail to process unstructured data efficiently, but AI has transformed this landscape.—
Hayk Ghukasyan,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The woven design of the fabric is an elevated upgrade to the classic pique polo in your closet to wear under an unstructured blazer with a matching pants, classic indigo jeans or even khaki shorts with a stellar pair of loafers to complete the look.—
Adam Mansuroglu,
Footwear News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Related Stories As Dickens goes over each of Jesus’ miracles and other pivotal moments ahead of his gruesome death, young Walter walks into the biblical passages as an unseen figure watching from the sidelines and becoming enraptured by the tall tales.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Andor star Diego Luna recently recalled that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) director Gareth Edwards originally pitched him on the film by comparing his vision to Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001), which starred a young Luna.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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And despite its ambling, almost shapeless nature, Who by Fire is never boring, because Lesage and his actors fill every scene with surprise and suspense.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Toward the end, though, this dubious, shapeless patchwork of a movie does achieve a strange, halting power—by making an inquiry into the nature of power itself.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Unformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unformed. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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