1
as in distorted
badly or imperfectly formed
a shapeless old hat
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2
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
From the shapeless bulbous blobfish to the white, fuzzy-armed yeti crab, some animals live up to their name.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Toward the end, though, this dubious, shapeless patchwork of a movie does achieve a strange, halting power—by making an inquiry into the nature of power itself.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
For one, crowds are shapeless and faceless entities that are sometimes written off as impressionable mobs, sometimes glorified as a collection of freedom fighters.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 14 Dec. 2022
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Toward the end, though, this dubious, shapeless patchwork of a movie does achieve a strange, halting power—by making an inquiry into the nature of power itself.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
For one, crowds are shapeless and faceless entities that are sometimes written off as impressionable mobs, sometimes glorified as a collection of freedom fighters.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 14 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shapeless
Adjective
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On the other hand, SPCfw is more flexible, allowing the water molecule to bend and stretch, especially when forming distorted hydrogen bonds, as seen in ice VI.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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This is the first in a series of mysterious and increasingly frightening events that follow him through his childhood, all of it narrated in 'Penpal' by his adult self peering through a distorted lens of shaky, imperfect recall.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This amorphous network of political content feels like a 2020s TikTokified incarnation of what Joshua Citarella mapped out in his book Politigram and the Post-left, tracking ideological microcultures that are more like kids trying on masks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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For much of the last decade, the Mets’ amorphous but always restricted budget drew the justified ire of their fan base.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The monstrous home run chased Ohtani out of the game – at least from the mound.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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High above the little town of Grubbers Nubbin looms Castle Grotteskew, the maddest of all mad professors brings his latest monstrous creations to (almost)-life.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Safdie’s script is at times formless and somewhat baggy.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Just ask Happy Gilmore 2, a formless, two-hour blob of Adam Sandler’s family and celebrity friends, with no real creative drive to speak of.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Lately, Parker has also embraced the wabi-sabi ideal—that there is glory in irregularity, in something being vaguely misshapen.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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No franchise in Disney’s deep corporate Rolodex is more odd and misshapen than Tron.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This is bloody and chaotic, and reasonably interesting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In November 2023, Destiny Udogie and Cristian Romero were sent off in a chaotic 4-1 defeat.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Even ten minutes of unstructured curiosity can reset your brain chemistry.—
Rochelle Ratkaj,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Teens are going out less, spending far less time with friends in person, and engaging in fewer unstructured social activities.—
Hannah Silverman,
Parents,
31 Oct. 2025
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Austen’s image expresses energy at odds with its unformed context.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 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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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shapeless. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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