1
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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What words in the yet unformed Occident May come refined with the accents that are ours?
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
Radcliffe’s characters are on the whole more timid, conflicted, insecure, unformed; Viswanathan’s are smarter, impulsive, adventurous and unconventional and yearn for something more.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
Around the same time Loeb's book was published, French physician Alexis Carrel developed techniques for growing tissues in a culture medium: a kind of unformed living material.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
The ups and downs of life at a particular age, with peer pressures, communication with parents, relationships formed and unformed and other things, always go on.
—Sylvia Gurinsky, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
Radcliffe’s characters are on the whole more timid, conflicted, insecure, unformed; Viswanathan’s are smarter, impulsive, adventurous and unconventional and yearn for something more.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
Around the same time Loeb's book was published, French physician Alexis Carrel developed techniques for growing tissues in a culture medium: a kind of unformed living material.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
The ups and downs of life at a particular age, with peer pressures, communication with parents, relationships formed and unformed and other things, always go on.
—Sylvia Gurinsky, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
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“Unformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unformed. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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