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Discover Ludwig"rough shape" is perfectly acceptable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is not quite complete or finished but still has some kind of form or outline. For example, "The sculpture was still in its rough shape when I saw it."
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Mitsubishi is in rough shape.
The streets are in rough shape.
However, "public broadcasting is in rough shape," he said.
Our economy remains in rough shape, by any measure.
"She was in rough shape and looking for some guidance.
"The thighs are in rough shape after the crash.
On Thursday, the fruits of that effort were beginning to take a rough shape.
We cram real-life events into the rough shape of stories that we remember and recognise.
When it arrived here in 1994, the sculpture was in rough shape.
Some are in rough shape, with graffiti-scrawled doors, cracked stoops and plywood-covered windows.
"We've communicated to the city that this bridge is in rough shape," Mr. Dudley said.
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