Unformed \Un*formed"\, a. [In sense 1 properly p. p. of un form;
in senses 2 and 3 pref. un- not + formed.]
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1. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form
destroyed.
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2. Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or
relations; shapeless; amorphous.
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3. (Biol.) Unorganized; without definite shape or structure;
as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment.
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Unformed stars (Astron.), stars not grouped into any
constellation; informed stars. See Sporades.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unformed
adj 1: not having form or shape; "unformed clay" [ant: formed]
2: not formed or organized; "an as yet unformed government"
3: not yet fully formed; "unformed still in body and mind"
4: lacking in development; "immature plans"; "an unformed
character" [syn: immature]
WordNet (r) 2.0
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "unformed":
amorphous, arrested, backward, budding, callow, coarse, crude,
dewy, embryonic, green, growing, immature, impubic, in embryo,
in ovo, in the rough, inchoate, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent,
intact, juicy, minor, naive, new-fledged, oversimple, raw,
reductionistic, reductive, ripening, rough, roughcast, roughhewn,
rude, rudimental, rudimentary, sappy, shapeless, simplistic,
stunted, tender, unadult, unblown, uncultivated, uncultured, uncut,
underage, underdeveloped, undeveloped, undressed, unfashioned,
unfinished, unfledged, unhewn, unlabored, unlicked, unmellowed,
unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unripe, unseasoned, unshaped,
unshapen, untreated, unworked, unwrought, vernal, virginal
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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