shapeless

[ sheyp-lis ]

/ ˈʃeɪp lɪs /

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adjective

having no definite or regular shape or form: a shapeless mass of clay.

lacking beauty or elegance of form.

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Origin of shapeless

1250–1300; shape + -less; replacing Middle English scaples

OTHER WORDS FROM shapeless

shape·less·ly, adverbshape·less·ness, noun

Words nearby shapeless

Shaoxing, Shaoyang, shape, shaped, shaped charge, shapeless, shapely, shapen, shape note, shape-note singing, shaper

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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.
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
New mothers want two hammocks made of soft, shapeless cotton sewn together and viewed only in a darkened room.
Dita Von Teese, Keep Your Hands Off Our Boobs|Emma Mahony|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For women attempting to hide the consequences of illicit congress from the world, shapeless dresses only go so far.
The Strange Science Behind Virgin Births|Candida Moss|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

And 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|DAILY BEAST
The loping pursuit of that nameless, shapeless Something sounded like an echo in his head.
Uncanny Tales|Various
Whether it be found in large shapeless masses, or in strata?
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
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 Smith
The 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

shapeless

/ (ˈʃeɪplɪs) /

adjective

having no definite shape or forma shapeless mass; a shapeless argument

lacking a symmetrical or aesthetically pleasing shapea shapeless figure

Derived forms of shapeless

shapelessly, adverbshapelessness, noun

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