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US
/ˈʃeɪpɫəs/
]
[ UK /ʃˈeɪpləs/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈeɪpləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having no definite form or distinct shape
an aggregate of formless particles
amorphous clouds of insects
a shapeless mass of protoplasm -
lacking symmetry or attractive form
a shapeless hat on his head
How To Use shapeless In A Sentence
- It is a cruel fashion irony, but a shapeless dress looks good only on a shapely body. Times, Sunday Times
- There are chocks of assorted age and make, battered into shapeless bashies, as well as many fine #1 Friends, sunk and overcammed deep into fingercracks which refuse to give up their dead.
- The plain green dress was a good few sizes too big for her and hung off her petite frame like a big shapeless sack.
- Emma's miniskirt formed an incongruous addition to this parade of shapeless sack dresses, zip off trousers and sandals.
- I'm not much of a fan of thick chunky knitwear, it just makes you look fat and shapeless. Times, Sunday Times
- Laid out on the bed was a long sleeved, shapeless, faded black dress with patches at the bottom.
- The mitraille vanished in shapelessness; the bombs plunged into it; bullets only succeeded in making holes in it; what was the use of cannonading chaos? and the regiments, accustomed to the fiercest visions of war, gazed with uneasy eyes on that species of redoubt, a wild beast in its boar-like bristling and a mountain by its enormous size. Les Miserables
- The former were drabby-looking creatures, stained in face with oil and dust, clad in thin, shapeless, cotton dresses and shod with more or less worn shoes. Sister Carrie
- I'm not much of a fan of thick chunky knitwear, it just makes you look fat and shapeless. Times, Sunday Times
- Emma's miniskirt formed an incongruous addition to this parade of shapeless sack dresses, zip off trousers and sandals.