SHAPELESS Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

shapeless

adjective

ˈshā-pləs

Definition of shapeless

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 The dress was designed with a shapeless, flowing silhouette, with sleeveless element and maxi hem. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026 Then, after the adults come into the frame and Toha dresses in shapeless clothes and a headscarf, their social position and economic circumstances become much clearer. — Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026 Spurs are hapless, listless, shapeless, themeless, hopeless. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Its largely shapeless silhouette moved effortlessly in and out of the frame with a hem that fell well below her knee. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shapeless

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Adjective

Cary said an image of a giraffe and distorted-looking lettering caught his attention, prompting him to take the packet from his child.

— Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026
Its songs are littered with black holes, disasters, nuclear bombs; there are guttural screams and onslaughts of distorted guitar.

— Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of distorted

Adjective

Dominguez has pivoted to amorphous silica products, which have almost all the features of quartz.

— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
That decision, upheld on appeal, put the onus on the Continuum of Care, an amorphous entity with a board and open membership that had long functioned as an appendage of LAHSA but actually had the statutory power to hire or fire the agency.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of amorphous

Adjective

Call that illogical or crazy, but don’t call it preposterous, monstrous, wackadoo, or loony tunes.

— Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, Simon Pegg will provide the voice of the monstrous Balrog, and English actor Eddie Marsan will take on the role of King Durin IV’s older brother, Thrain.

— Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of monstrous

Adjective

But the remainder feels leftover — formless and aimless — like tinfoil stretched around a clunky, conventional mass.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Inevitably, much of that knowledge was still undigested and poorly sorted; as a result the planet, viewed from Europe, must have seemed a rather impressionistic and formless place.

— Ian Tattersall, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of formless

Adjective

Shoppers who believe that food appearance is important tend to judge misshapen produce as lower quality.

— Jintao Zhang, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
If the cookies have overspread or are misshapen, use a spoon to push the cookie edge toward the center to finesse their shape.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of misshapen

Adjective

Then came the chaotic climate phenomenon, El Niño, that has intensified heavy rain and floods.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
During my uncle’s busy season, a large number of young men and women stayed with us to help, and the house would become as chaotic as a battlefield.

— Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of chaotic

Adjective

The same goes for Abra, who also feels a little too unformed in Zoe Phillips’s hands.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
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

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