UNSHAPEN Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

unshapen

adjective

Definition of unshapen

as in unshaped

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Adjective

Along one wall, rows of unshaped, creaseless, open-crown hats wait in various stages of completion.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
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

Definition of unshaped

Adjective

But their primitive way of living reveals itself to rather more devastating effect when their third child is born, and Inger commits an act of unthinkable desperation.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
The feathers were partially adapted for diving, yet retained primitive, fuzzy down typical of non-avian dinosaurs.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of primitive

Adjective

People in New York City looked up in shock and dismay; people everywhere else watched their favorite anchors on old-fashioned television sets and looked for updates on very rudimentary versions of news websites.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Within these confines the main characters register as aliens; Wendy and Jack aren’t just flustered but people who seem to have never been inculcated with a rudimentary sense of social propriety.

— Vadim Rizov, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of rudimentary

Adjective

The home has a large unfinished walkout basement with both wood and oil furnaces.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
The amount of side characters and interfamily dramas feels too big for its 93-minute runtime, leaving some storylines feeling unfinished while still taking time away from others that deserved more focus.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of unfinished

Adjective

Millions of amateur athletes play tackle football each year, and as evidence mounts at the professional level of the dangers of CTE, parents are increasingly worried about their children going into the sport.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
In the 1950s, Longwood started hosting evening lectures and short courses that thousands of amateur and professional horticulturists have attended over the past several decades.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of amateur

Adjective

The turn away from deep French manicures also had classist and anti-Black undertones—long acrylic nails and intricate designs had a stigma of being unprofessional when worn on women of color.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 9 Sep. 2026
During his first tenure, Verrett represented the very type of behavior Magnus had spent the past few years weeding out, including deranged posts, unprofessional direct messages to reporters, and preposterous race talk.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of unprofessional

Adjective

The whole was topped not by a cupola or a cross but a small pennant, on which the Festival emblem had been drawn in crayons in a rather amateurish hand.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The show focuses on the fictional Toledo Truth Teller, an understaffed, more-than-slightly amateurish, failing publication that shares its office space with the Softees toilet paper company owned by its parent corporation.

— Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of amateurish

Adjective

Persona did not see economic viability in the unskilled labor approach, Radford says.

— Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026
The jobs were broken down into around 200 management roles, 67 office or clerical roles, 67 professional, 534 skilled and 133 unskilled.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of unskilled

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