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unshapen
[ uhn-shey-puhn ]
adjective
- not shaped or definitely formed; shapeless; formless; indefinite.
- not shapely; unpleasing in shape; ill-formed.
- misshapen or deformed.
unshapen
/ ʌnˈʃeɪpən /
adjective
- having no definite shape; shapeless
- deformed; misshapen
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Sometimes, however, his thoughts are unshapen, and as it were rough-hewn and rugged.
In you is drained Ambition's heart,—my every burning aim Fails here in you, and cools unforged, unshapen.
An unshapen thought presents itself to me, I look at it, and I do all in my power to give it body and expression, but I cannot.
It cannot be denied that he leaves imbedded in his fabric lumps of unshapen material, which mar the symmetry of his art.
They were rough and unshapen externally, as when hewn down in their native forest, and appeared to have been split open.
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