unshapen

Definition of unshapennext

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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
  • Initially, these are very primitive – buy coffee, take a photo of a receipt in a cafe.
    Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Later on, as some of the brightest extended objects visible with even the most primitive of telescopes, planetary nebulae are numerous and prominent in the catalogues of astronomers, with the first ones spotted way back in the 1700s.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • First signs of rudimentary Valentine notes began appearing much later, in the 1500s, according to Britannica.
    Kate Perez, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The first is risk detection, which can be solved with more rudimentary machine learning.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • But nothing could have prepared viewers for the movie's ending, as an unfinished screenplay became the stuff of nightmares — literally and figuratively.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Time and again, Minnesota has stepped forward when the country needed a North Star, a leader in interstate collaboration, in health care, in labor rights, in education, in refugee resettlement, and in the long, unfinished work of racial justice.
    Marilyn Carlson Nelson, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • From 2018 to 2023, the club selected 20 players in the top 120 picks of the respective amateur drafts; the highlights include pitchers Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker, and position players Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Pro-am tournaments pair up professional and amateur golfers.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Production assistants told Albuquerque police that Busfield was sometimes touchy or unprofessional.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That does not mean individual employees are necessarily unprofessional or malicious.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • At times, Epstein characterized the billionaire’s office as sloppy and amateurish, exposing him to taxes and reputational risks while making sensitive payments.
    Tom Schoenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But his manipulation skills are amateurish at best, and the fact that almost all of his plans go off without a hitch is pretty far-fetched.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The same software handle attacks, so even an unskilled operator can hit fast-evading targets.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the women faced with that pool of socially unskilled men have largely been overlooked.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Unshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshapen. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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