unshapen

American  

[uhn-shey-puhn] / ʌnˈʃeɪ pən /

adjective

1. not shaped or definitely formed; shapeless; formless; indefinite.

2. not shapely; unpleasing in shape; ill-formed.

3. misshapen or deformed.

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unshapen British  

/ ʌnˈʃeɪpən /

adjective

1. having no definite shape; shapeless

2. deformed; misshapen

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Etymology

Origin of unshapen

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

Example Sentences

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unshapen

It was rough and dank as the rest, a heavy unshapen paving-stone: yet he felt the power of it as if it spoke to him aloud.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

They passed on, Gollum in front and the hobbits now side by side, up the long ravine between the piers and columns of torn and weathered rock, standing like huge unshapen statues on either hand.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Comparing Cowley's and Crashaw's 'Hope,' Coleridge thus pronounces on them: 'Crashaw seems in his poems to have given the first ebullience of his imagination, unshapen into form, or much of what we now term sweetness.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Before they could reach the field the “stampede” had commenced, and the retreating hosts came like a rushing tide upon the advancing few, and carried them back, absorbed in the unshapen mass of confusion.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

The last trooper in the rank—except the corporal, who rode alongside of him—was a man of large body, somewhat slouched and unshapen; as were also his arms, limbs, and the forage-cap on his head.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne