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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
When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Some compress you like a sausage casing, others sag into shapeless blobs after one wash, and the worst?
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
Unlike spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, with their distinct structures of winding spiral arms, elliptical galaxies are rather shapeless.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Iris’ tutoring is shapeless and hardly encouraging, rousing skepticism in an older pupil (played by Hong regular Lee Hye-young) wary of her teacher’s unorthodox methods.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Some compress you like a sausage casing, others sag into shapeless blobs after one wash, and the worst?
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
Unlike spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, with their distinct structures of winding spiral arms, elliptical galaxies are rather shapeless.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Iris’ tutoring is shapeless and hardly encouraging, rousing skepticism in an older pupil (played by Hong regular Lee Hye-young) wary of her teacher’s unorthodox methods.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shapeless
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For me, balancing family and the creative lifestyle and more, time is definitely about distorted moments.—
Roberta Naas,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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For Saturday’s show — which ran despite the June edition of London Fashion Week being cancelled by the British Fashion Council — Rose presented looks that twisted, stretched, distorted and shrunken outerwear staples including puffa jackets, trench coats.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
16 June 2025
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And there’s a more amorphous factor as well: low trust in governments to fairly collect tax and use it properly.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Scientists have long speculated that Europa's surface is covered by a very thin veneer of amorphous ice—only around a fiftieth of an inch thick—which shields crystalline ice beneath.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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As a whole, the league puts up monstrous numbers on first-pitch swings, and even the Royals have had success with them.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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Congratulations to Bob-Waksberg and the rest of us, who all get the chance to root for the monstrous Valerie Cherish one last time.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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But if Charity’s case history imposes some order and fixity on Eugene’s life, the rest of The Knockout Artist reads like an attempt to thwart this, to replace the tidiness of explanation with something more formless and free.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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With intentionally provocative lyrics, the song takes profane aim at the hypocrisy of anti-LGBTQ+ Christian conservatives, who refuse to respect trans people’s personhood all while applying gender individualism to an ostensibly formless, all-encompassing God.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What Are the Symptoms of Bird Flu? In birds, symptoms of the infection include low energy and appetite, purple discoloration or swelling of body parts, fewer or misshapen eggs, a lack of coordination, and nasal discharge, coughing or sneezing.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
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Washing bras too often can affect the elastic and wires, leading to a misshapen bra.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
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He was reinstated after a chaotic week that included a mass employee revolt and a brief stint at Microsoft.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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The chaotic scenes unfolded when agents deployed rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd who had swarmed the compound, according to video captured by Turning Point USA’s Frontlines.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Research shows that unstructured playtime helps build healthy bodies, increases energy and reduces tension and anxiety, according to the American Psychological Association.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Evidently areas of the brain developed during unstructured activities can help expedite the completion of specific tasks.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The serious implication of it in the context of a Western, regarding the frontier as a place where state power is unformed, loose, and dubious, remains anecdotal and undeveloped.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 May 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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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shapeless. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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