half-formed
Example Sentences
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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
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
His eggs morph to fill out any half-formed meal idea or jumble of leftovers to become breakfast, lunch, and, most often, very late-night dinner.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021
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
Like they’re so mature and all-knowing, and I’m some kind of half-formed fetus.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
