shapeless

adjective

ˈshā-pləs How to pronounce shapeless (audio)
Definition of shapelessnext
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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shapeless
  1. distorted
  2. amorphous
  3. monstrous
  4. formless
  5. misshapen
  6. chaotic
  7. unstructured
  8. unformed
Adjective
  • The most fateful night of my protagonist’s life—the night when her childhood best friend disappears on a black-sand beach—leaves her with a distorted recollection of what really happened.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Interior Ministry spokesman Rachid Khalfi blamed the surge on online misinformation, human-trafficking networks and distorted interpretations of Spanish legal and administrative developments, according to The Jerusalem Post.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of distorted
Adjective
  • Veteran safety Josh Metellus said not having Smith was like missing a major portion of the pie chart that allows Minnesota’s defense to stay amorphous and problematic.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Though this amorphous title isn’t usually anointed until around Labor Day, the chatter starts almost as soon as the season heats up.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026
Definition of amorphous
Adjective
  • When it’s finally revealed that there are monstrous beings at work, there’s little justification of what their goals are.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • His monstrous power should be on full display this afternoon and result in a home run.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of monstrous
Adjective
  • Musicians have long sought to give form to the formless, unconstrained yet palatable, inspirational and divine.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
  • Without training in how to respond to it, a threat can feel not just frightening but formless, something to be endured rather than navigated.
    — Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
Definition of formless
Adjective
  • No term in American politics is quite as slippery or misshapen.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Look for roots emerging from the drainage holes or a container that’s bulging or misshapen, says Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, houseplant expert and author of The Houseplant Guru.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
Definition of misshapen
Adjective
  • During the actual stream, things moved quickly beyond gambling, turning into something closer to a chaotic Drake variety show.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Kitchen The kitchen is a hard-working space that can feel chaotic—but doesn’t have to.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of chaotic
Adjective
  • People process, remember, and act on information more easily when it’s organized into three buckets instead of an unstructured, rambling, and confusing stream of ideas.
    — Carmine Gallo, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The first two play to AI’s natural advantages in handling large, unstructured datasets.
    — Roderick Wong, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of unstructured
Adjective
  • 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
  • More than a hundred years after unformed marble passed through her hands and into human form, her works are at long last assembled together to speak as a kind of family.
    — Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of unformed

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