unfashioned

C2 Topic:Register & Style
US /ʌnˈfæʃənd/ UK /ʌnˈfæʃənd/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not made, shaped, or fully formed; unformed or incomplete; literary

    The sculptor saw possibility in the unfashioned block of stone.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not made, shaped, or fully... unformedunmadeshapelessincompleteinchoate
Word family
Related forms fashionformshapeinchoate

Etymology

Formed from un- ('not') + fashioned. Fashioned is the past participle of fashion in its older sense 'shape or make.' Fashion came through Old French facon from Latin factio, 'a making or doing,' based on facere, 'make, do.'

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