ill-formed
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In that role, "The View" is channeling large swaths of the public's thoughts, intuitions and moods – however vague and ill-formed those thoughts and feelings may be.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023
We’ve learned a lot in a quarter century — none of which appears to be present in the editorial board’s thinking or legislators’ ill-formed bills.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023
It’s that Chazelle, a director of impressive chops and a writer of often hasty, ill-formed ideas, isn’t strong enough to make those movies breathe as one.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022
But as a portrait of human connection, “First Cow” is situated within the rugged terrain of capitalism, even the rough and ill-formed variety found 200 years ago in the Pacific Northwest.
From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2020
The children’s plan was bold, ill-formed, and likely to fail, and all of them knew it.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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