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
  • The Boys from Syracuse), this very ’90s version of the classic fairytale features eye-popping costumes and sets, adorably rudimentary VFX, and a truly unbelievable cast (Brandy!
    Vogue, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
  • First signs of rudimentary Valentine notes began appearing much later, in the 1500s, according to Britannica.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The unfinished floor in the church is symbolic that people come before the Lord in an imperfect state.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • More than any one sketch in the early days, what distinguished the show was its irreverence towards itself and its willingness to release scrappy and unfinished work when everything else on TV was so polished.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The firings at some agencies were conducted in such a haphazard and unprofessional manner, leaving Trump administration officials scrambling.
    Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Judge Ana Reyes is well known as a wildly unprofessional judge who routinely abuses her power in the court room.
    Andrew Stanton, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In reference to Table 1, TRINA 1.0 was able to perform telemedicine and unskilled physical tasks.
    Kris Hauser, IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2020
  • Consecutive droughts in recent years have devastated livestock populations, forcing hundreds of thousands of herders to give up their traditional lifestyles and move, as unskilled workers, to sprawling towns.
    Mohamed Adow, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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“Unshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshapen. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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