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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
Their few internal organs drift freely in their shapeless bodies, which lack even a digestive tract.
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Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2024
With villains ranging from all-powerful shapeless beings to merry pranksters of the mind, this is a show that dips its toe in the superhero pool right before delivering the world’s most graceful and enigmatic cannonball.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
On every hand are old men and women, seamed, withered, shapeless, big-jointed from a lifetime of hard labor with corn and pigs.
—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
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Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2024
With villains ranging from all-powerful shapeless beings to merry pranksters of the mind, this is a show that dips its toe in the superhero pool right before delivering the world’s most graceful and enigmatic cannonball.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
On every hand are old men and women, seamed, withered, shapeless, big-jointed from a lifetime of hard labor with corn and pigs.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shapeless
Adjective
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This has produced distorted or inaccurate results for years.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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The instrumentation stayed true to the alt-rock sound, with distorted guitars and driving drums keeping up the pace.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Having a potential, amorphous bill looming can be scary, especially if money is tight.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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What causes shifts in longer-term rates is much harder to pinpoint because they are set by an amorphous force: the market, with Treasuries at the core.—
Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Most notorious and monstrous of all: the party host himself, Harvey Weinstein.—
Scott Huver,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ed’s monstrous behavior under the influence of cortisone shatters the veneer of middle-class gentility to reveal the fault lines repressed beneath it.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Right was formless, fractured, a collection of irritable mental gestures -- and then William F. Buckley Jr. founded this journal, bringing the various respectable strands of conservatism together and discarding the others.—
Ramesh Ponnuru,
National Review,
19 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
Adjective
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This can not only make items look misshapen but also affect their ability to keep you warm.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2025
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The welfare state Trump seeks to reform is a misshapen layer cake of liberal ambitions.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Tkachuk brothers’ offense generation The Tkachuk brothers are well known for their innate ability to generate chances thanks to their chaotic playstyle and affinity for going to the dirty areas.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Critics call them a chaotic attack that will have lasting impacts on America.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The constant chaos and the kind of unstructured nature of the team were a big part of that.—
Emile Nuh,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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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,
13 Feb. 2025
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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
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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shapeless. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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