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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as in spiritual
not composed of matter
from this formless void the universe was supposed to have been created
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Recent Examples of formless
In contrast to the article’s portrait of a formless contest, recent polling portrays a race that is becoming more structured.
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Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts.
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Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Both are beatless, widescreen, and almost formless, little soundtracks to an imagined world in bloom.
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Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
Following suit, Fanning’s skirt included the same formless shape with an irregular, midi hemline.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 Nov. 2025
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Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts.
—
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Both are beatless, widescreen, and almost formless, little soundtracks to an imagined world in bloom.
—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
Following suit, Fanning’s skirt included the same formless shape with an irregular, midi hemline.
—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for formless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for formless
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For two and a half centuries, Americans across the political spectrum have projected their own ideals onto this amorphous country.
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Scroll long enough, and eventually a sound will penetrate the amorphous fog of noise coming from your phone and nestle itself deep into your psyche.
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India’s religious and spiritual economy was estimated at roughly $58 billion in 2025, and is projected to grow steadily over the next decade.
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Amid a host of synthetic textures, the batá grounds the record in its spiritual reference; only the twins’ perspective changes.
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What truly elevates the piece, though, are the structured, emphasized cups, which transform the dress from something loose and shapeless into a silhouette that feels angular, sculpted, and undeniably flattering.
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Travelers will also appreciate the drawstring waist and roomy cut to keep things comfortable without looking shapeless.
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.
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Christ Jesus’ example shows us how to turn away from material definitions of life by getting to know God as incorporeal divine Life.
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By building circuits whose states naturally fluctuate with this environmental heat, thermodynamic computing turns an otherwise stochastic and chaotic feature of nature into an incredibly fast, ultra-low-energy calculator.
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The combat that follows is intimate, chaotic, and bloody.
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In both the real and metaphysical locations of the show, the backgrounds are all painted by hand, something which was pointed out took up a lot of time due to the number of paintings in the show and due to the number of montages.
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In the 18th century Samuel Johnson coined the term metaphysical poets to criticize Donne, John Cleveland, and Abraham Cowley.
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More than a hundred years after unformed marble passed through her hands and into human form, her works are at long last assembled together to speak as a kind of family.
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Davidson’s chat with Kelly has no structure, no segments, and no particular gimmick; and while none of that is required of a podcast, some sense of organization can help shape an otherwise-unformed snippet of conversation.
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The important things are often bodiless.
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That the bodiless voice of Captain Kafetzis was now coming to me live from above my proprietary Cashmere mattress indicated the obvious seriousness of what had happened in the night.
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“Formless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formless. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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