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formless

adjective

ˈfȯrm-ləs How to pronounce formless (audio)
Definition of formlessnext
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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Recent Examples of formless 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 With its eerily formless threat, catchy theme song, wholesome teen heroes, and ingeniously practical ooze effects (a dazzling mix of in-camera and optical printing), The Blob straddles atomic-era paranoia and gooey creature-feature fun. — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for formless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for formless
  1. amorphous
  2. spiritual
  3. shapeless
  4. incorporeal
  5. chaotic
  6. metaphysical
  7. unformed
  8. bodiless
Adjective
  • Ride Lonesome is amorphous, hazy, dappled, and almost impossibly pretty.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Done well, this will make concrete what was amorphous for the exuberant, empower the reluctant and define your moral and ethical codes for the fearful.
    — Elias Stahl, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of amorphous
Adjective
  • Created with his wife Nkuthazo Alexis Dyalvane, the work incorporates cow hair, leather and grass, influenced by ritual adornments, reflecting ancestral knowledge, healing and spiritual transformation.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The President of the United States (John Goodman) and his cabinet of hawkish generals, gargoyle-ish officials, and speaking-in-tongues spiritual advisors gather at the oilman’s house to discuss next steps.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of spiritual
Adjective
  • Sand all of it away, and what remains is smooth, convenient, and shapeless.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • This is easily the most shapeless and least comedically focused of Ferrell’s sports stories.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Definition of shapeless
Adjective
  • Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of incorporeal
Adjective
  • Saturdays on the couch before the widescreen with beer, chicken wings and cheese dip might also be the best way to escape our ugly, chaotic politics.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have discovered that passing waves through a special class of synthetic media forces them to abandon chaotic scattering entirely.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of chaotic
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  • Lee’s lines have the intimacy and metaphysical heft of prayer; their elegant recursions and repetitions call to mind the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Dürrenmatt is more focused on moral than metaphysical questions.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of metaphysical
Adjective
  • On the contrary, its unformed shape and melange of styles add to the sense that Teng is actively searching for the answer to that question with every cut.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This Tony, the future bad-boy tell-all insider of the culinary world, is still touchingly unformed—a mortar full of raw, pasty potential, crying out for life experience to pestle him into shape.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of unformed
Adjective
  • The important things are often bodiless.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    — Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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“Formless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formless. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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