half-formed
Example Sentences
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The concepts feel half-formed at best, disconnected from Joan/Jo’s story.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024
He already had a half-formed idea about a woman who rented out her home to film crews.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2023
In place of empowerment, which implies a half-formed self in need of saving, she’s more interested in dignity, and how the inherently worthy self can square its existence with a very stupid world.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2021
Somewhere in the mist, there was the sound of voices murmuring indistinctly, all round shapes and half-formed words.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
