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
These half-formed thoughts clutter slides, which attempt to portray a mind-numbing amount of information coherently.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023
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
Slowly he brought the half-formed petal up to eye level and examined it closely.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
