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

Finding a way to make it not just a half-formed calling card, but one that stands up as a legitimate viewing experience for general audiences, would be a welcome evolution based on the viewer numbers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023

These half-formed thoughts clutter slides, which attempt to portray a mind-numbing amount of information coherently.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2023

My mind was a whirl of confusion and half-formed questions.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss