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
He already had a half-formed idea about a woman who rented out her home to film crews.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2023
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
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.