unshapen

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshapen
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Buffington had been working as an after-school instructor for classes in woodworking, primitive skills and kite-making through the Princeton Recreation Department.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • These regular observations will gradually take in data and aim to provide pivotal information about the strengths, compositions, and histories of these primitive cosmic bodies.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • But back in the time of Galileo, the phenomena of electricity and magnetism were only understood in the most rudimentary of fashions; by the 19th century, they had been investigated much more thoroughly.
    Big Think, Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Prelude’s rear seat is so rudimentary, Honda didn’t even provide a photo of it.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Dante’s Divine Comedy almost joined the ranks of the great unfinished poems in literary history.
    Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Their second feature is based on an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca and revolves around the interconnected stories of three men across three different eras.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Webster learned that the FBI, media organizations, and amateur internet sleuths were using facial-recognition software to identify those who’d stormed the Capitol.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But to unmask the killer in a mansion filled with ticking clocks and suspects, amateur detective Eileen must first get round discouragement from Lady Caterham, played by Helena Bonham Carter, and Sherlock star Martin Freeman as superintendent Battle.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The international community must act responsibly, avoid falling for false narratives and distorted information and refrain from legitimizing a biased and unprofessional report.
    Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Some more unprofessional nonsense at the Time Life building, sometime in the 60s.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • This annoyed Potter, who felt holding talks in such a public place was an amateurish move.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Bannon, for his part, slammed Kennedy's effectiveness as health secretary, calling his efforts to implement an anti-vaccine agenda unserious and amateurish.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The network also reported female health workers saying that their newer colleagues were likely to be unskilled women who came from Taliban-loyal families.
    NPR, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately, the rest of the roster is too big and unskilled, a downstream consequence of buying into the fiction that Davis is a power forward.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Unshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshapen. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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