shapeless
having no definite or regular shape or form: a shapeless mass of clay.
lacking beauty or elegance of form.
Origin of shapeless
1Other words from shapeless
- shape·less·ly, adverb
- shape·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby shapeless
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How to use shapeless in a sentence
What humans choose to do with this shapeless primordial stuff leaking through the cracks can often be almost comical.
New mothers want two hammocks made of soft, shapeless cotton sewn together and viewed only in a darkened room.
For women attempting to hide the consequences of illicit congress from the world, shapeless dresses only go so far.
People can nitpick ... but we were going for something a bit more shapeless and ethereal than the usual biopic.
‘Greetings From Tim Buckley’: Penn Badgley on Playing Late Musician Jeff Buckley | Richard Porton | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd your ceremonial costume… shapeless, uniform, one-size-fits-all.
David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (Video) | The Daily Beast | June 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The loping pursuit of that nameless, shapeless Something sounded like an echo in his head.
Uncanny Tales | VariousWhether it be found in large shapeless masses, or in strata?
From these shapeless rudiments we have, it is true, an immense distance to travel before we arrive at syntax.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Presently Joe raked from among the embers a dozen or more black, shapeless objects.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithThe little being lay at the feet of its mother, almost shapeless, and already blackened and shriveled by the fiery sun.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for shapeless
/ (ˈʃeɪplɪs) /
having no definite shape or form: a shapeless mass; a shapeless argument
lacking a symmetrical or aesthetically pleasing shape: a shapeless figure
Derived forms of shapeless
- shapelessly, adverb
- shapelessness, noun
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