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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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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
Austen’s image expresses energy at odds with its unformed context.
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Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
The serious implication of it in the context of a Western, regarding the frontier as a place where state power is unformed, loose, and dubious, remains anecdotal and undeveloped.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.
—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
As chief of patrol, the No. 2 unformed official, Chell has feuded wildly and needlessly with the press and politicians while leading a secretive and highly aggressive quality of life unit.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
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Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
The serious implication of it in the context of a Western, regarding the frontier as a place where state power is unformed, loose, and dubious, remains anecdotal and undeveloped.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.
—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
As chief of patrol, the No. 2 unformed official, Chell has feuded wildly and needlessly with the press and politicians while leading a secretive and highly aggressive quality of life unit.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unformed
Adjective
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In the past its structure must have been more compact and defined, as opposed to its amorphous shape today.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
7 June 2026
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On one hand are jihadi groups such as Boko Haram, ISWAP, and Lakurawa, and on the other are amorphous, criminal groups that specialize in kidnapping for ransom.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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The team overachieved this season partly because Mazzulla turned an inexperienced supporting cast into a strength.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Short selling can be an intellectually demanding approach to the market, and many inexperienced traders fall into a trap, lured by overvaluation and hype.—
David Capablanca,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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In contrast to the article’s portrait of a formless contest, recent polling portrays a race that is becoming more structured.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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These new formations are much more likely to occur than for things to turn into a formless goop.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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On a blind date, his descriptions of magical griffins and burning deserts sound humiliatingly immature.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Beckham is charismatic and generally more thoughtful than the perception created by the impulsive or immature decisions that create headlines.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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His distinct sensibility — by turns theatrical, ironic, chaotic, heartfelt — was native to the Internet.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2026
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The media newsletters and trades have written up transcripts of chaotic meetings and tracked Weiss and new 60 Minutes chief Nick Bilton’s daily movements, while the Times has sent multiple push alerts to millions of readers for stories about the chaos inside CBS.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The diary became a map of adolescent rivalry.—
Kate Casey,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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These walks have facilitated a level of candid, unstructured dialogue that builds the relational capital necessary to weather the inevitable storms of a startup.—
Vikram Joshi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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People’s homes are much more unstructured environments with a wide variety of household tasks to perform that may include more fragile furniture and items—not to mention the presence of squishy flesh-and-blood humans who must not be harmed.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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For young travelers, Paintbox and Paintbox Petite are the resort’s exclusive clubs for children ages 5 to 12 and 2 to 5.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Big surf from a previous swell contributed to a drowning Saturday off Dana Point and, on Wednesday afternoon, the search continued for a young girl swept off the sand Tuesday evening in Laguna Beach.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
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“Unformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unformed. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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