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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
When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Some compress you like a sausage casing, others sag into shapeless blobs after one wash, and the worst?
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
Unlike spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, with their distinct structures of winding spiral arms, elliptical galaxies are rather shapeless.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Iris’ tutoring is shapeless and hardly encouraging, rousing skepticism in an older pupil (played by Hong regular Lee Hye-young) wary of her teacher’s unorthodox methods.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Some compress you like a sausage casing, others sag into shapeless blobs after one wash, and the worst?
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
Unlike spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, with their distinct structures of winding spiral arms, elliptical galaxies are rather shapeless.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Iris’ tutoring is shapeless and hardly encouraging, rousing skepticism in an older pupil (played by Hong regular Lee Hye-young) wary of her teacher’s unorthodox methods.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shapeless
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With a basic understanding of what the distorted images of galaxies that have passed through a gravitational lens look like, participants in the SpaceWarps project can help discover new examples of this amazing phenomenon, as was the situation in this case.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
22 May 2025
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Also, look for imperfections in them, such as distorted hands or feet, unrealistic facial features, indistinct or irregular faces, unrealistic accessories such as glasses or jewelry, inaccurate shadows, watermarks, voice call lag time, voice matching, and unnatural movements.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
19 May 2025
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At Bonniers Konsthall, with its low mechanical rhythm and amorphous forms, the sculpture breathes and shudders in a space that feels eerily alive—a shelter of desire, decay, and instability.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Death exists in these films as an amorphous concept; there’s no cloaked villain carrying a scythe.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Garrett received a monstrous four-year, $160 million deal from the AFC North division rival Browns.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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According to one story, the boulders are there because the god Maui once tried to kill a monstrous chicken by throwing rocks from the sea on the island.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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With intentionally provocative lyrics, the song takes profane aim at the hypocrisy of anti-LGBTQ+ Christian conservatives, who refuse to respect trans people’s personhood all while applying gender individualism to an ostensibly formless, all-encompassing God.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
24 Mar. 2025
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What do these formless smudges on the page mean?—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Over time, the foot becomes misshapen, and ulcers and serious infections can develop.1 What Is Charcot Foot?—
Isabel Casimiro,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2025
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Physical exam: Your provider will look at the back of your knee, checking for signs of swelling, bruising, redness, or misshapen muscles or ligaments.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
11 May 2025
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The 2021 withdrawal was unacceptably chaotic and bloody, the takeover by the Taliban shameful, but that war is now over.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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No dogs will be allowed because Matthews didn’t want dogs’ first experience at the facility to be chaotic and filled with stress.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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This agent is designed to identify and extract specific data and insights from unstructured content, for example to enable a procurement specialist to pull contract terms or an HR team to analyze employee survey data.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Male Alzheimer’s caregivers group: The Men’s Breakfast Club is an informal and unstructured gathering of male caregivers.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 May 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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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shapeless. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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