Examples of shapeless in a Sentence
an old, shapeless baseball cap
right now this clay is just a shapeless lump, but wait until I'm done sculpting it
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The original cut ran nearly two-and-a-half hours, and according to its editor, Ralph Rosenblum, was a shapeless mass of bits, loosely linked by the hero’s relationship with Annie.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
Pear—Emphasize the waist and upper body; skip shapeless dresses or long jackets.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
But then came the reveal: a shapeless dress made from very light fabric, and instead of a silver fastening, there was artwork of a silver star.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The book is endlessly recursive, as shapeless as water.
—Nadja Spiegelman, New York Times, 23 July 2025
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
Pear—Emphasize the waist and upper body; skip shapeless dresses or long jackets.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
But then came the reveal: a shapeless dress made from very light fabric, and instead of a silver fastening, there was artwork of a silver star.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The book is endlessly recursive, as shapeless as water.
—Nadja Spiegelman, New York Times, 23 July 2025
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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shapeless. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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shapeless
adjective
shape·less
ˈshā-pləs 
1
: having no fixed or regular shape
2
a
: deprived of usual or normal shape
b
: not shapely
shapelessly
adverb
shapelessness
noun
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