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Adjective
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There is a wealth of knowledge and experience here to sift through and, at times, the film’s editing leaves these individual’s offerings unshaped or unclear.—
Sarah-Tai Black,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2023 -
Years ago, these yew shrubs were dishevelled & unshaped, so The Prince tasked his gardeners with creating their own intriguing topiary designs.—
Amy Mackelden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
14 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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This was a time when roads were primitive, and the need was to link cities with rural areas.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Any set of prime numbers is automatically primitive, because primes have no factors (except themselves and the number one).—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Rotifers, though microscopic, possess specialized systems such as digestive tracts and rudimentary nervous structures, making their long-term survival in a frozen state particularly notable.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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His pieces include solid wood chairs with a deliberately rudimentary, almost minimal design, integrating ornamental elements such as marquetry panels or tin bas-reliefs into their backs, legs or seats.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to Archaeology Magazine, the back of the statue was left unfinished.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Leaving unfinished work on the nightstand will keep your mind racing.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Odom was divorced from Herbert Odom, a prominent Black South Side dentist and amateur boxer.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Here, research has revealed, for example, how audience and journalistic frames interact and compete in liveblogs, where in a space of potential co-production, journalists still reframe amateur contributions by appending their own frames onto them.—
Daniel Jackson,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The entry-level workers being dismissed as unprofessional in 2025 are the senior managers and functional leaders of 2035 and 2040.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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In late April 2025, the Washington Medical Commission filed administrative charges against Mulholland, accusing him of unprofessional conduct and abuse against three patients, according to records obtained by PEOPLE.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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What the evaluation process actually looks like A major myth says online screens are flimsy or amateurish.—
Lucy Jones
April 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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The amateurish stickup failed, fast.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With the revision, unskilled workers in Noida will now earn approximately $147 per month, while semi-skilled and skilled workers will also see proportional increases.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Unshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshapen. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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