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Recent Examples of unshaped There is a wealth of knowledge and experience here to sift through and, at times, the film’s editing leaves these individual’s offerings unshaped or unclear. Sarah-Tai Black, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023 It’s by far the album’s worst song, and the one that feels most unshaped by Max Martin’s touch. Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2021 Years ago, these yew shrubs were dishevelled & unshaped, so The Prince tasked his gardeners with creating their own intriguing topiary designs. Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshaped
Adjective
  • In the pursuit of an amorphous vision of progress, its aggressive push on the limits of scale has rewritten the rules for a new era of AI development.
    Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
  • But for all the headlines and hype, longevity remains an emerging and somewhat amorphous sector.
    Tomoko Yokoi, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • And when data is incomplete, unstructured and entropic, AI systems can compensate by hallucinating answers, leading to inaccurate information and biased outcomes that can reinforce healthcare disparities and, even worse, affect life or death circumstances.
    Mika Newton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Parents can offer children opportunities to develop their strengths through summer classes, clubs, and teams—or simply unstructured time at home.
    Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Fearing President Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war would ignite a global recession, investors scrambled to dump US assets.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • The stunning image shows the classic spiral swirl of M81 — also known as Bode's Galaxy — suspended against the chaotic cloud patterns of the nebula, with the Cigar Galaxy lurking to its left.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • She was dressed in gray baggy pants and a shapeless brown shirt, her tiny hands clasping a clipboard.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 May 2025
  • From the shapeless bulbous blobfish to the white, fuzzy-armed yeti crab, some animals live up to their name.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • With intentionally provocative lyrics, the song takes profane aim at the hypocrisy of anti-LGBTQ+ Christian conservatives, who refuse to respect trans people’s personhood all while applying gender individualism to an ostensibly formless, all-encompassing God.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 24 Mar. 2025
  • What do these formless smudges on the page mean?
    Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Unshaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshaped. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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