Definitions

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  • adjective Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.

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  • adjective Having no distinct shape; formless or amorphous

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  • adjective incompletely or imperfectly shaped

Etymologies

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un- +‎ shaped

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Examples

  • No, I troubled little as to any earthly future, although I admit that in this oasis of calm I reflected upon that state where past, present and future will all be one; also that those reflections, which were in their essence a kind of unshaped prayer, brought much calm to my spirit.

    The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • I had gone to the Senate almost completely unshaped on Vietnam and foreign policy in general.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I had gone to the Senate almost completely unshaped on Vietnam and foreign policy in general.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I had gone to the Senate almost completely unshaped on Vietnam and foreign policy in general.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I-cord bind off is no more difficult that three needle bind off and I like the way it looks on an unshaped shoulder seam - I did it on a ribwarmer.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • Young Tom Riddle foreshadows the potential of an unshaped psyche.

    Kelley Harrell: Harry Potter and the Elder Futhark Kelley Harrell 2011

  • Young Tom Riddle foreshadows the potential of an unshaped psyche.

    Kelley Harrell: Harry Potter and the Elder Futhark Kelley Harrell 2011

  • The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped

    Sorrisi e canzoni XLV 2008

  • Yes, our perceptions really were this shallow and unshaped by the Internet and real-time journalism that jades us all today, and two, that this film broke apart the American paradigm and exposed its weaknesses.

    Over / Under: American Beauty « FirstShowing.net 2008

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