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
  • Instead of blasting in all directions, like a primitive roadside bomb, an EFP directs and concentrates the force of its explosion.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The body shell, fenders, and low-slung doors were hung on a ladder-type frame, primitive compared to the unibody MGB roadster that debuted in 1962.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Those humans who were good at it, even in its most rudimentary forms, would have a real advantage.
    Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But most users do not yet have passkeys on their accounts and still rely on passwords, perhaps with some rudimentary form of 2FA.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The still-unfinished Sagrada Família inspires awe with its Gothic-meets-modernist majesty—and enduring century-long construction timeline.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Paul Allen/ Andfotography2 Two exquisitely detailed icon paintings by the late Ukrainian Oksana Shachko hang on an unfinished wall.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The novel dials up the danger for the group of amateur detectives when an old friend from Elizabeth's (played by Mirren in The Thursday Murder Club movie) spy days comes back from her past.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Szczerek is an amateur tennis player and competes in a local tennis league in Poland, The Times reported.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Disciplinary bodies and the rule of law The state bodies that govern the practice of law, and which license lawyers who practice even in the federal courts and the federal government, serve as a critical check on unprofessional conduct by lawyers.
    Ray Brescia, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Practices that feel second nature in one country can seem awkward, overly formal or even unprofessional in another.
    Dee Coakley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Relations only continued to tank when, in 2020, American mercenaries attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government in an amateurish scheme.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • People who understand the process of diplomacy think that this is very amateurish and is unlikely to yield real results that are enforceable.
    Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For the unskilled makeup amateurs among us, the face-sculpting technique of contouring is a little too intimidating.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2025
  • When an unskilled injector offers up undereye filler, the more serious side effects can even include blindness or stroke.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Unshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshapen. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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