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
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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
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Their cry is not against the faith itself but against distorted theology that excuses cruelty.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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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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Perhaps the final three episodes will pull together a cogent statement or two, something beyond the trope of ostensibly idyllic small towns hiding monstrous truths behind their white picket fences.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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There, Henry took a monstrous turn and became Venca.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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Add to this Senne Lammens, who has brought calm to a previously chaotic goalkeeping situation, and INEOS’ bold approach to the summer window is starting to pay off.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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New York City officials condemn federal immigration raid A chaotic immigration raid in New York City on Tuesday reflected the US government’s widening deportation campaign, drawing outrage from local officials and residents.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Kids who regularly engage in unstructured play, Gray has written, build confidence and a sense of mastery by having to make decisions and navigate conflict among themselves, without the intervention or judgment of grownups.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Because these trips are all about unstructured joy—and spontaneous fun.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
17 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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