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shapeless

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of shapeless

1 badly or imperfectly formed

  • a shapeless old hat
Synonyms of shapeless

deformed, distorted, malformed, misshapen, monstrous
Words Related to shapeless

defaced, disfigured

aberrant, abnormal, freakish, mutant

asymmetrical (or asymmetric), crooked, disproportionate, irregular, lopsided, nonsymmetrical, overbalanced, unbalanced, unequal

horrible, horrific, terrible

ugly, unattractive
Near Antonyms of shapeless

shapely

flawless, perfect
Antonyms of shapeless

undeformed

2 having no definite or recognizable form

  • right now this clay is just a shapeless lump, but wait until Iʼm done sculpting it
Synonyms of shapeless

amorphous, formless, unformed, unshaped, unstructured
Words Related to shapeless

characterless, featureless, nondescript

chaotic, disorganized, incoherent, systemless, unordered, unorganized

dim, fuzzy, hazy, inchoate, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, murky, nebulous, obscure, unclear, undefined, undetermined, vague
Near Antonyms of shapeless

coherent, ordered, orderly, organized

clear, decided, definite, distinct
Antonyms of shapeless

formed, shaped, shapen, structured

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