half-formed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He also told Ball he may go back into the recording studio to work on "some things that are half-formed or were never finished".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl that’s been crusted over by the steady gnawing of time.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
But still only half-formed, it is off to a shaky start.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
These half-formed thoughts clutter slides, which attempt to portray a mind-numbing amount of information coherently.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023
He dug around it, probing, probing busily until the soft half-formed sandstone gave beneath the blade.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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