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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
Its largely shapeless silhouette moved effortlessly in and out of the frame with a hem that fell well below her knee.
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
Episodes are long, rambling, and shapeless.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
In a season where heavy, shapeless hair is no longer acceptable, the butterfly bob becomes the perfect alternative to the classic bob.
—Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2025
To show up there in a shapeless polyester tracksuit would be a diplomatic incident.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 16 Dec. 2025
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
Episodes are long, rambling, and shapeless.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
In a season where heavy, shapeless hair is no longer acceptable, the butterfly bob becomes the perfect alternative to the classic bob.
—Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2025
To show up there in a shapeless polyester tracksuit would be a diplomatic incident.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shapeless
Adjective
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The goal is added muscular demand without distorted movement.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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The team is running detailed simulations to understand how the system performs when signals are weak or distorted.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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The key innovation in this motor lies in the use of amorphous steel, a material that differs from conventional electrical steels commonly used in motor cores.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The singer and percussionist team up for an album of cosmic experimentalism and amorphous funk.—
Marcus J. Moore,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Witness the most monstrous of monster transformations, one that cemented Rick Baker’s legacy and earned him his first Academy Award, unfurl on the big screen before your very eyes.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some are ugly, some are monstrous, some get bugs and diseases, and some manage to do all these things.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Both are beatless, widescreen, and almost formless, little soundtracks to an imagined world in bloom.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Following suit, Fanning’s skirt included the same formless shape with an irregular, midi hemline.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The disease causes bitter, misshapen fruit unsuitable for sale or eating; infected trees eventually die, according to the CDFA.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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After years of pruning, the shrub may be misshapen and will never look attractive again.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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The attack unfolded in a chaotic scene Lang’s sparsely attended protest Saturday drew a far larger group of counterdemonstrators.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The scene had grown chaotic even before the devices were thrown.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Accessed through tools like Claude Gov—which became a preferred option for some defense personnel, according to Bloomberg—the system taps into enormous data pipelines to turn a flood of unstructured information into readable intelligence.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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Rather than rushing from violin lessons to soccer practice every day, free-range parents encourage unstructured play.—
Amy Morin,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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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.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the Venezuela operation, Trump is preparing to take the helm of an as-yet unformed Board of Peace to run postwar Gaza, involving the United States in yet another Mideast engagement for possibly decades to come.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shapeless. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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