unshapen

[ uhn-shey-puhn ]

adjective

1. not shaped or definitely formed; shapeless; formless; indefinite.
2. not shapely; unpleasing in shape; ill-formed.
3. misshapen or deformed.

unshapen

/ ʌnˈʃeɪpən /

adjective

1. having no definite shape; shapeless
2. deformed; misshapen

Word History and Origins

Origin of unshapen¹

1300–50; Middle English; Old English unsceapen. See un- ¹, shape, -en ³

Example Sentences

Sometimes, however, his thoughts are unshapen, and as it were rough-hewn and rugged.

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In you is drained Ambition's heart,—my every burning aim Fails here in you, and cools unforged, unshapen.

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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.

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It cannot be denied that he leaves imbedded in his fabric lumps of unshapen material, which mar the symmetry of his art.

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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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