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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
Malik and Eric are still too unformed to fully comprehend what this separation will mean to their lives.
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Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
In local races, voters’ opinions of the candidates tend to be relatively unformed and persuadable.
—Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Public standards have been demolished, and that deprivation has permeated the unformed morality of the young generation.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
What words in the yet unformed Occident May come refined with the accents that are ours?
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
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Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
In local races, voters’ opinions of the candidates tend to be relatively unformed and persuadable.
—Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Public standards have been demolished, and that deprivation has permeated the unformed morality of the young generation.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
What words in the yet unformed Occident May come refined with the accents that are ours?
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unformed
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Other boundaries seem more amorphous to begin with, like the borders between countries and things like that.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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The global South is an amorphous and much-debated category, encompassing a very broad range of countries.—
JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Right was formless, fractured, a collection of irritable mental gestures -- and then William F. Buckley Jr. founded this journal, bringing the various respectable strands of conservatism together and discarding the others.—
Ramesh Ponnuru,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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That doubtlessly makes Skeleton Crew feel more formless than would be acceptable if the series had been trimmed down to a movie.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Edamame Edamame are immature green soybeans high in protein, fiber, iron, vitamin C, and calcium.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
6 Feb. 2025
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People who are emotionally immature often won’t take responsibility for their own actions when something goes wrong.—
Kathy and Ross Petras, Contributors,
CNBC,
1 Feb. 2025
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While the transfer was orderly – in contrast to chaotic scenes surrounding the release of Israeli and Thai hostages in Gaza last week – the three appeared thin and pale when they were led onto a makeshift stage.—
Sophie Tanno and Mick Krever,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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The week’s biggest stories A month after L.A. firestorms, essential questions still haunt Southern California The region is still grappling with basic questions about what caused the blazes, why evacuations were so chaotic and whether officials were prepared.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The move swept up many resources on the CDC website, ranging from data on adolescent health and infectious disease to clinical guidelines on reproductive care and HIV.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2025
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Dawn Bounds, PhD, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, specializes in social media and adolescent mental health.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
3 Feb. 2025
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Rest and unstructured downtime, already scarce commodities in a young family, become scarcer.—
Zachary Przystup,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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The park, backyard, beach, or other safe outdoor areas are great for implementing unstructured play.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
21 Jan. 2025
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And fellow young Republicans are celebrating having one of their own join the executive branch for the first time.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Her younger sister Rumi (who happens to be one half of a twin) matched her fly, wearing a black and white Amiri varsity jacket, light wash blue jeans, and Amiri’s cute Ma Canvas camera case.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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Some compress you like a sausage casing, others sag into shapeless blobs after one wash, and the worst?—
Boutayna Chokrane,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
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Unlike spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, with their distinct structures of winding spiral arms, elliptical galaxies are rather shapeless.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Unformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unformed. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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