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as in amorphous
having no definite or recognizable form
what was once an unformed lump of clay is now an attractive, useful bowl
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as in inexperienced
lacking in adult experience or maturity
under his care and tutelage, young men, unformed in mind and body, became battle-worthy soldiers
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Recent Examples of unformed
But the proposals to improve nutrition remain largely unformed, as the likelihood of meaningful improvements fade in the face of pushback from the food industry.
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Robert Pearl,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
Austen’s image expresses energy at odds with its unformed context.
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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.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unformed
Robert Pearl,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
Austen’s image expresses energy at odds with its unformed context.
—
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
In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.
—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unformed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unformed
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For two and a half centuries, Americans across the political spectrum have projected their own ideals onto this amorphous country.
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Scroll long enough, and eventually a sound will penetrate the amorphous fog of noise coming from your phone and nestle itself deep into your psyche.
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Over the same period, entry-level head count at the high-intensity firms rose 12%, contradicting predictions and fears that young or inexperienced workers would be most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
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Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
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In contrast to the article’s portrait of a formless contest, recent polling portrays a race that is becoming more structured.
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Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts.
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In practice, portions of the automation framework still feel slightly immature.
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These are the immature stages of small brown moths.
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Interview with the Vampire’s composer Daniel Hart has taken the audience on a wonderfully chaotic journey through different styles of music in The Vampire Lestat.
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The events surrounding the funeral were chaotic, with eight people killed and hundreds injured, according to a report written by the Associated Press news agency at the time.
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Additionally, occasional rule-breaking and defiance are considered a normal part of child and adolescent development.
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Ultimately, this visible lump is a permanent record of a hormonal change, primarily designed to be heard, reflecting the body's adolescent effort to project a larger presence.
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Sensitive data appears in unstructured documents, malformed files, collaboration tools and AI workflows that summarize, transform and combine information.
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The following year, James and Carter were nominated for a Primetime Emmy award for unstructured reality program Becoming.
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As adult influencers dominate online fashion culture, and tweens and teens see the same content as adults, there are fewer spaces for young people to develop styles of their own.
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While veterans jockey for new contracts during free agency, young players are getting their tryout opportunities with NBA summer league games beginning this week.
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“Unformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unformed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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