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as in distorted
badly or imperfectly formed
a shapeless old hat
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as in amorphous
having no definite or recognizable form
right now this clay is just a shapeless lump, but wait until I'm done sculpting it
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Recent Examples of shapeless
On every hand are old men and women, seamed, withered, shapeless, big-jointed from a lifetime of hard labor with corn and pigs.
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Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
The domestic security net is as strong yet as delicate as a spider web, as omnipresent yet as shapeless as water.
—Youwei, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2015
Now, in the diffuse and shapeless post-vaccine Biden era, both antihero shows and sweet shows seem to have run out of steam.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 16 June 2024
Here is the elephant so far: Thirteen billion years ago, in a universe that was then less than a billion years old, the Milky Way was born as a shapeless cloud of gas and dust, forming metal-poor stars and rotating incoherently so that its stars' orbits were also haphazard.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
The domestic security net is as strong yet as delicate as a spider web, as omnipresent yet as shapeless as water.
—Youwei, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2015
Now, in the diffuse and shapeless post-vaccine Biden era, both antihero shows and sweet shows seem to have run out of steam.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 16 June 2024
Here is the elephant so far: Thirteen billion years ago, in a universe that was then less than a billion years old, the Milky Way was born as a shapeless cloud of gas and dust, forming metal-poor stars and rotating incoherently so that its stars' orbits were also haphazard.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shapeless
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Some fans say folk purists were booing because Dylan was playing electric, while others say the ruckus was merely over the distorted sound.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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The clip, with its booming, distorted bass, went viral and quickly racked up almost 9 million uses on the platform.Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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In contrast to these amorphous resolutions, John’s death provided a substantial, if tragic, endpoint.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
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Comedy is the word to describe that amorphous, precious, sacred moment of connection between two parties in which a ridiculous but startling truth about the human experience is fully understood.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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On the other side lies the Harkonnen, a family of ruthless despots led by the sadistic Beast Rabban (Dave Bautista), the monstrous Baron Vladimir (Stellan Skarsgård), and the ambitious Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler), who represent the manifestation of corruption, violence and greed.Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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But the stock could face pushback from here after its monstrous run, according to some Wall Street firms.Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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That doubtlessly makes Skeleton Crew feel more formless than would be acceptable if the series had been trimmed down to a movie.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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There is clearly some strife between Ben and Louise, unresolved tension that is often exacerbated by Ben’s unemployment, along with his tendency to be a formless wet blanket.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
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This segmentation allows the system to use an image in which part of the iris is obstructed—for example, by eyelashes, eyelids, or light reflecting off the eye—or when the entire iris is misshapen or damaged, as in more severe cases of postmortem or diseased eyes.Adam Czajka, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2019
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Congenital anomalies can include the following, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Heart defects, like missing or misshapen valves.Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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More recently, at a time that feels similarly tumultuous and chaotic, Colonial Williamsburg and the Jane Austen House Museum have drawn a new wave of interest by teaming up with esteemed design brands to bring archival textiles, wallpapers, and paint colors to new life.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Well, outside of the chaotic final seconds where, with Washington clinging to a 7-point lead, a game official’s error stopped the clock, leaving the Saints with time to spike the ball, call a play and complete a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Foster Moreau as time expired.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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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, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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McKinsey research shows this personalized approach can boost conversion rates by 10 to 15%, a significant edge for small retailers. Making Inventory And Data Management Simpler Managing data, especially unstructured data, has always been a challenge for small businesses.Kristjan Vilosius, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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What’s unformed and ungainly here makes that patience finite.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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One is weather, with an as-yet unformed hurricane, which will be named Helene, likely to graze Florida's space coast later this week.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shapeless. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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