as in amorphous
having no definite or recognizable form
an unshaped mass of clay that was just in need of some inspiration from the modeler
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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.
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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
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
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And there’s a more amorphous factor as well: low trust in governments to fairly collect tax and use it properly.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Scientists have long speculated that Europa's surface is covered by a very thin veneer of amorphous ice—only around a fiftieth of an inch thick—which shields crystalline ice beneath.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Evidently areas of the brain developed during unstructured activities can help expedite the completion of specific tasks.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Research shows that unstructured playtime helps build healthy bodies, increases energy and reduces tension and anxiety, according to the American Psychological Association.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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He was reinstated after a chaotic week that included a mass employee revolt and a brief stint at Microsoft.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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The chaotic scenes unfolded when agents deployed rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd who had swarmed the compound, according to video captured by Turning Point USA’s Frontlines.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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But if Charity’s case history imposes some order and fixity on Eugene’s life, the rest of The Knockout Artist reads like an attempt to thwart this, to replace the tidiness of explanation with something more formless and free.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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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
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“Unshaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshaped. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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