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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
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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The shoe manages to look both retro and futuristic at the same time through its distorted 2000s design language.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Neutrons occupy unexpected shells and give rise to nuclei with distorted shapes and unusual properties compared to their more stable neighbors.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The cabin is full of Arsham’s touches, including bathroom tiles made of recycled material and amorphous glass sconces that appear to billow like fabric.—
John Wogan,
Robb Report,
6 Sep. 2025
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What makes Darwin’s silk so extraordinary is its molecular architecture – a blend of crystalline beta-sheet structures that provide strength and amorphous, spring-like domains that add elasticity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Marlins sent 10 hitters to the plate in the first inning Sunday and scored four runs, three of them on Otto Lopez’s monstrous 424-foot blast into the seats in left field.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Her monstrous transformations are killing her, and the device Isaac invented will take her powers away and give her her health back.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Instead, in too many formless episodes, Season 4 favors quiet solo scenes (Syd perfects a dish amid dramatic lighting and a haunting St. Vincent track, in a set piece that looks lovely but has nothing new to say) and earnest two-handers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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That change of course also makes the episode feel a bit misshapen.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
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Some are massive and geologically active, while others are tiny, misshapen rocks silently circling their hosts.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This is a young and talented group with tremendous upside under a defensive coordinator who thrives off chaotic defensive lines.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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But everything about this first half offensively — save for one TD pass to Sutton — has felt unorganized and ineffective and chaotic.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lindner added that children need unstructured time to build emotional resilience and social skills.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Older systems weren’t designed to handle the rich, unstructured or inferred data that agentic systems produce, like dynamic skills profiles or career trajectories.—
Abakar Saidov,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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