shapeless
having no definite or regular shape or form: a shapeless mass of clay.
lacking beauty or elegance of form.
Origin of shapeless
1Other words from shapeless
- shape·less·ly, adverb
- shape·less·ness, noun
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How to use shapeless in a sentence
A smock covered her into shapelessness, and her spectacular hair was bound up in a kerchief, but she still looked good.
Security | Poul William AndersonMayo turned to leave, afraid of his own desperate desire to beat that sneering mouth into shapelessness.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayHe exchanged a few, simple, shy words with me from a mouth smashed to shapelessness by many blows.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempMust get Ethel away first, should not like to be pounded into shapelessness before her eyes.
You can try to cast him in a mould, but he resumes his normal shapelessness the moment the mould is removed.
Observations of an Orderly | Ward Muir
British Dictionary definitions for shapeless
/ (ˈʃeɪplɪs) /
having no definite shape or form: a shapeless mass; a shapeless argument
lacking a symmetrical or aesthetically pleasing shape: a shapeless figure
Derived forms of shapeless
- shapelessly, adverb
- shapelessness, noun
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