Unformed
adjective
Not developed or formed yet.
The clay was still unformed and soft in his hands.
Often appears as...
- unformed baby
- unformed ideas
adjective
Having no clear shape or structure.
Her thoughts were unformed and vague.
Often appears as...
- unformed thoughts
- unformed shapes
adjective
Not properly or fully developed.
His novel remained unformed and incomplete.
Often appears as...
- unformed novel
- unformed theory
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Not developed or formed yet.
The clay was still unformed and soft in his hands.
Often appears as...
- unformed baby
- unformed ideas
adjective
Having no clear shape or structure.
Her thoughts were unformed and vague.
Often appears as...
- unformed thoughts
- unformed shapes
adjective
Not properly or fully developed.
His novel remained unformed and incomplete.
Often appears as...
- unformed novel
- unformed theory
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Potential Growth
Refers to something young or new that has room to develop or evolve.
The seedling's roots were still unformed, hinting at future growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Process
Used when describing early stages in artistic or creative tasks before taking final shape.
The sculpture is still unformed, waiting for the artist's final touches.
Pro Tip 3/3Open to Change
Implies flexibility or susceptibility to influence or change.
Young minds are unformed and greatly influenced by their surroundings.
Pro Tip 1/3Potential Growth
Refers to something young or new that has room to develop or evolve.
The seedling's roots were still unformed, hinting at future growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Process
Used when describing early stages in artistic or creative tasks before taking final shape.
The sculpture is still unformed, waiting for the artist's final touches.
Pro Tip 3/3Open to Change
Implies flexibility or susceptibility to influence or change.
Young minds are unformed and greatly influenced by their surroundings.
Pro Tip 1/3Potential Growth
Refers to something young or new that has room to develop or evolve.
The seedling's roots were still unformed, hinting at future growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Process
Used when describing early stages in artistic or creative tasks before taking final shape.
The sculpture is still unformed, waiting for the artist's final touches.
Pro Tip 3/3Open to Change
Implies flexibility or susceptibility to influence or change.
Young minds are unformed and greatly influenced by their surroundings.
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Video examples
The Girl With Eight...
Lakshmi has two arms and two legs that function normally the uppermost limbs on each side of her body but below them in mirror-image are two more sets of arms and legs that belong to Lakshmi's parasitic twin an unformed being with no head
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Embracing otherness,...
You know how newborn babies believe they're part of everything; they're not separate? Well that fundamental sense of oneness is lost on us very quickly. It's like that initial stage is over -- infancy, unformed, primitive.
Video examples
The Girl With Eight...
Lakshmi has two arms and two legs that function normally the uppermost limbs on each side of her body but below them in mirror-image are two more sets of arms and legs that belong to Lakshmi's parasitic twin an unformed being with no head
Video examples
Embracing otherness,...
You know how newborn babies believe they're part of everything; they're not separate? Well that fundamental sense of oneness is lost on us very quickly. It's like that initial stage is over -- infancy, unformed, primitive.
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Quote examples
Thandie Newton
British Actress
We each have a self, but I don't think that we're born with one. You know how newborn babies believe they're part of everything; they're not separate? Well that fundamental sense of oneness is lost on us very quickly. It's like that initial stage is over - oneness: infancy, unformed, primitive. It's no longer valid or real.
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Gordon W. Allport
American Psychologist
We cannot know the young child's personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed. From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life.
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Catherine Oxenberg
American Actress
I've had relationships with men who are simply not willing to change their lifestyle. That's fine if you're unformed as a woman and you're able to blend yourself into something that's a convenient vessel. It's hard once you become a mother, I'll tell you. Something changes.
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Margaret Trudeau
Canadian Author
There was imbalance with my first husband just by the given of our 29-year age difference and the difficulty of me being this unformed, enthusiastic young woman and he already completely in place being the leader of the country.
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Claire Danes
American Actress
My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.
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Saint Basil
Greek Saint
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Edward Gibbon
English Historian
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American Architect
The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.
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Robyn Davidson
Australian Writer
My sense of myself is that I was a rather unformed kind of person trying to make myself up out of bits of spit and string.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
For an architect's son, I am remarkably unformed in my architectural tastes.
Quote examples
Thandie Newton
British Actress
We each have a self, but I don't think that we're born with one. You know how newborn babies believe they're part of everything; they're not separate? Well that fundamental sense of oneness is lost on us very quickly. It's like that initial stage is over - oneness: infancy, unformed, primitive. It's no longer valid or real.
Quote examples
Gordon W. Allport
American Psychologist
We cannot know the young child's personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed. From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life.
Quote examples
Catherine Oxenberg
American Actress
I've had relationships with men who are simply not willing to change their lifestyle. That's fine if you're unformed as a woman and you're able to blend yourself into something that's a convenient vessel. It's hard once you become a mother, I'll tell you. Something changes.
Quote examples
Margaret Trudeau
Canadian Author
There was imbalance with my first husband just by the given of our 29-year age difference and the difficulty of me being this unformed, enthusiastic young woman and he already completely in place being the leader of the country.
Quote examples
Claire Danes
American Actress
My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.
Quote examples
Saint Basil
Greek Saint
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
Quote examples
Edward Gibbon
English Historian
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
Quote examples
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American Architect
The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.
Quote examples
Robyn Davidson
Australian Writer
My sense of myself is that I was a rather unformed kind of person trying to make myself up out of bits of spit and string.
Quote examples
Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
For an architect's son, I am remarkably unformed in my architectural tastes.
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