1
as in amorphous
having no definite or recognizable form
a formless mass of clay that the potter transformed into an attractive bowl
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2
as in spiritual
not composed of matter
from this formless void the universe was supposed to have been created
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That loose sensibility does yield a film that can feel somewhat formless, playing like an eclectic album of snapshots from Chris’s life rather than a cohesive whole.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
There’s also brands like Online Ceramics, whose shirts hang thick and wide, and Ghetto Rodeo, their specialty being formless, culture-affirming clothes tailored for Latin bodies like mine.
—Reanna Cruz, Them, 30 July 2024
Frozen filthy formless lumps, the remainders of the snow, persisted at the street corners and in the deep recesses between buildings, loomed sinisterly in the gaping bomb sites.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Surely the habit, in its formless bulk, could accommodate one.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
There’s also brands like Online Ceramics, whose shirts hang thick and wide, and Ghetto Rodeo, their specialty being formless, culture-affirming clothes tailored for Latin bodies like mine.
—Reanna Cruz, Them, 30 July 2024
Frozen filthy formless lumps, the remainders of the snow, persisted at the street corners and in the deep recesses between buildings, loomed sinisterly in the gaping bomb sites.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Surely the habit, in its formless bulk, could accommodate one.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for formless
Adjective
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They are based on much more amorphous allegations, such as threats to foreign policy, or allegations related to terrorism.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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Still, the benefits of switching from Windows to SteamOS might seem a bit amorphous to many players today.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Neptune was last in Aries from 1862-1875 which helped fuel radical reinvention through war, liberation, and spiritual awakening, seen in the U.S. Civil War, abolition, industrial expansion, and the rise of mystical movements.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
20 Mar. 2025
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At his former school, officials said extra counselors would be available to offer one-on-one counseling, spiritual guidance, prayer space, grief workshops and other healing exercises.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Toward the end, though, this dubious, shapeless patchwork of a movie does achieve a strange, halting power—by making an inquiry into the nature of power itself.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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If reason teaches that God is incorporeal, this means that God has no body; God does not physically see, nor do people see God.—
Randy L. Friedman,
The Conversation,
16 Feb. 2024
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The digital files are incorporeal.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 June 2021
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the White House’s on-again, off-again approach to tariffs with our major trading partners is so chaotic, it can barely be called a policy.—
MoneyShow,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The result is a topsy-turvy movie that is also spiritually profound in ways that the Marvel and DC franchises don’t dare but that became abstruse and chaotic in Snyder’s many Rebel Moon iterations.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Beckett reminds us of the metaphysical vastness that the stage can contain.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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As chief of patrol, the No. 2 unformed official, Chell has feuded wildly and needlessly with the press and politicians while leading a secretive and highly aggressive quality of life unit.—
Harry Siegel,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Male Alzheimer’s caregivers group: The Men’s Breakfast Club is an informal and unstructured gathering of male caregivers.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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The company is also offering file transfer support for Google Drive, SharePoint and OneDrive for the movement of unstructured data such as PDF, video and image files (along with their metadata and permissions), making all of this data accessible for AI.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Formless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formless. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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