unshapen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshapen
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
  • It’s by far the album’s worst song, and the one that feels most unshaped by Max Martin’s touch.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2021
Adjective
  • Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.
    Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News, 18 July 2017
  • Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.
    OregonLive.com, OregonLive.com, 12 July 2017
Adjective
  • Instead of making something miraculous out of rudimentary materials, Government Cheese has a pantry of fine ingredients but never puts together anything palatable.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
  • This enables the system to plan novel action sequences to achieve specified goals—a rudimentary form of reasoning and planning.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Their luxury lodging turned out to be unfinished FEMA tents, and gourmet food was actually boxed cheese sandwiches.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Upstairs, a mid-chiseled wooden boar and horse are left unfinished in Joel's workspace, a guitar leans against the bedroom window sill, and a copy of Idiot's Guide to Space lies half read on the nightstand.
    EW.com, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The barbed posts divided fans as some found the posts to be hilarious and others labeled them generally unprofessional and uncalled for.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • This Resolution of Inquiry will allow Congress to review all the protocol breaches in order to put a stop to the slipshod and unprofessional handling of our national security and force protection responsibilities.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Related Stories Whoever says this is unskilled work is either ignorant or lying.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Photo: Focus Features/Everett Collection A Coen brothers riff on the spy genre, Burn After Reading is filled with self-mythologizing drunks, unskilled opportunists, and borderline morons.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Unshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshapen. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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