unchiseled

Still without shape

Unchiseled describes something not shaped or refined by a chisel—and by extension, anything left in a rough, unfinished, or natural state.

An unchiseled block of marble remains raw stone.

Unchiseled features lack sharp definition: His face had a soft, unchiseled quality.

The word often implies something that hasn't been carefully worked or sculpted into final form.

rough

unhewn

Not shaped by tools

raw · unworked · rough-hewn · unshaped · uncut · unfinished · rugged · jagged · irregular · textured

potential

raw

In original state

dormant · nascent · budding · promising · unrefined · rough · untapped · embryonic · incipient · emerging

unsculpted

unformed

Without developed structure

unmolded · undefined · unrefined · block · mass · lump · slab · quarried · monolithic · blank

Opposites
degree of sculpting/carving

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Sharply cut, well-defined

sculpted · carved · hewn · shaped · worked

refinement/definition (metaphorical)

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Sharply cut, well-defined

sculpted · defined · angular · refined · polished

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G