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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 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
  • The cabin is full of Arsham’s touches, including bathroom tiles made of recycled material and amorphous glass sconces that appear to billow like fabric.
    John Wogan, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
  • What makes Darwin’s silk so extraordinary is its molecular architecture – a blend of crystalline beta-sheet structures that provide strength and amorphous, spring-like domains that add elasticity.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Austen’s image expresses energy at odds with its unformed context.
    Literary Hub, 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
Adjective
  • Lindner added that children need unstructured time to build emotional resilience and social skills.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Older systems weren’t designed to handle the rich, unstructured or inferred data that agentic systems produce, like dynamic skills profiles or career trajectories.
    Abakar Saidov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This is a young and talented group with tremendous upside under a defensive coordinator who thrives off chaotic defensive lines.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But everything about this first half offensively — save for one TD pass to Sutton — has felt unorganized and ineffective and chaotic.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Pear—Emphasize the waist and upper body; skip shapeless dresses or long jackets.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The book is endlessly recursive, as shapeless as water.
    Nadja Spiegelman, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Just ask Happy Gilmore 2, a formless, two-hour blob of Adam Sandler’s family and celebrity friends, with no real creative drive to speak of.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, in too many formless episodes, Season 4 favors quiet solo scenes (Syd perfects a dish amid dramatic lighting and a haunting St. Vincent track, in a set piece that looks lovely but has nothing new to say) and earnest two-handers.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 June 2025

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“Unshaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshaped. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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