unformed

Examples

• All

• It was a very unformed idea at that point.

  The Arrested Development Documentary Project (2013)

• " Besides, I thought, what could such a young and unformed person have to fear?"

  Fiction book (2002)

• But we have innocent and unformed children in this house, and the monkey and dog show has got to stop.

  Fiction book (1991)

• You wanted this course at that time, you know, our politics was so rudimentary, was so unformed, right?

• At any particular moment, much of what constitutes the self is too raw and unformed to fit the categories.

  Academic text (2004)

• There are things he's forgotten, like unformed words on the tip of his tongue.

  Fiction book (2001)

• His dreams were filled with strange, unformed images of a myriad of suns crowding against each other in the heavens.

  Fiction book (2000)

• What Kemble characterizes as unformed, youthful ineptitude, however, contemporary readers saw as a marker of her memoirs' accessibility.

  Academic text (2018)

• The artist's concept was still unformed, lacking clear direction and detail.

• The team's strategy felt unformed at the beginning, but it gradually took shape over the weeks.

Synonyms

F

formless

vsunformed

7 5.6

Something that has no clear shape, like fog or a cloud

implies a more partial lack, including incomplete development or organization

U

unstructured

vsunformed

4 4.4

Not organized in a clear plan or order

also covers missing development and undefined physical form

U

unshaped

vsunformed

1 5.5

Not made into a finished object

is not only that but also lacks development or clear organization

U

unshapen

vsunformed

1 9.6

A thing that has no clear form yet

is broader and includes incomplete development and lack of organization

U

unformulated

vsunformed

1 7.0

Not clearly expressed or made definite

is about unfinished development and shape rather than just expression

U

uncrystallized

vsunformed

8.1

Not fully formed or decided

emphasizes general unfinished state including poor organization or shape

U

undelineated

vsunformed

9.5

Not clearly separated from other things and lacking clear edges

focuses more on general incomplete development and lack of definite form

Antonyms

S

structured

1 3.9

Arranged in a clear, planned way with regular parts or routines

F

formed

1.5

Having a clear shape

How Formed

complete

497 1.0

formed

1.5

unformed

4 5.4

shapeless

12 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology