unshapen


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un·shap·en

 (ŭn-shā′pən)
adj.
1. Having no shape; formless.
2. Badly shaped; misshapen.
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unshapen

(ʌnˈʃeɪpən)
adj
1. having no definite shape; shapeless
2. deformed; misshapen
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un•shap•en

(ʌnˈʃeɪ pən)

adj.
1. not shaped or definitely formed; shapeless; formless.
2. not shapely; ill-formed.
3. misshapen or deformed.
[1300–50; Middle English; Old English unsceapen. See un-1, shape, -en3]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unshapen - incompletely or imperfectly shapedunshapen - incompletely or imperfectly shaped; "unshaped dough"; "unshaped timbers"
unshaped
unformed - not having form or shape; "unformed clay"
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In young, childish, ignorant souls there is constantly this blind trust in some unshapen chance: it is as hard to a boy or girl to believe that a great wretchedness will actually befall them as to believe that they will die.
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The two poor things clung closer to each other, both trembling,--the one at an unshapen fear, the other at the image of a terrible certainty.
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After visiting the sparkling marble mausoleum, he noted in his memoir, Travels in the Mogul Empire, 'I decidedly think that this monument deserves much more to be numbered among the wonders of the world than (the) pyramids of Egypt, those unshapen masses which when I had seen them twice yielded me no satisfaction.' Although the comparison of the two monuments, showcasing different facets of human craftmanship, may be unfair, his enthusiasm for the Taj is, nevertheless, unmistakable.
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