unformed

3 definitions found

unformed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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unformed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unformed
      adj 1: not having form or shape; "unformed clay" [ant: formed]
      2: not formed or organized; "an as yet unformed government"

unformed - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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