half-formed

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He also told Ball he may go back into the recording studio to work on "some things that are half-formed or were never finished".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl that’s been crusted over by the steady gnawing of time.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024

Similarly, in “The Head,” the women’s family tells her to just ignore the half-formed thing in the toilet that calls her “mother.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Overall, this is a novel probably best enjoyed by people with no experience of the podcast, or a complete experience of it; as the book itself suggests, half-formed remnants of memory are trouble.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

“What are you doing?” she asked angrily, and pointed wildly at the cornstalks as if they were little half-formed bodies.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos