shapeless

[ sheyp-lis ]
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adjective
  1. having no definite or regular shape or form: a shapeless mass of clay.

  2. lacking beauty or elegance of form.

Origin of shapeless

1
1250–1300; shape + -less; replacing Middle English scaples

Other 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 Anderson
  • Mayo turned to leave, afraid of his own desperate desire to beat that sneering mouth into shapelessness.

    Blow The Man Down | Holman Day
  • He exchanged a few, simple, shy words with me from a mouth smashed to shapelessness by many blows.

    Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
  • Must 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.

British Dictionary definitions for shapeless

shapeless

/ (ˈʃeɪplɪs) /


adjective
  1. having no definite shape or form: a shapeless mass; a shapeless argument

  2. lacking a symmetrical or aesthetically pleasing shape: a shapeless figure

Derived forms of shapeless

  • shapelessly, adverb
  • shapelessness, noun

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