formless

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UK/ˈfɔːmləs/US/ˈfɔɹmləs/

adjective

Without form; shapeless.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveformless (comparative more formless, superlative most formless)

comparative more formless · superlative most formless

  1. Without form; shapeless.

    1985: Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. — Genesis 1:2 (New Jerusalem Bible)

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    It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 32

    Synonyms: amorphous

  2. not comparableWithout the use of forms or templates.

    You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose: Windows CE for the Pocket PC Project and Windows CE Formless project.

    2002, Christopher Tacke, Timothy Bassett, Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWithout form; shapeless.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving no definite form or distinct shape

adjectivehaving no physical form

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Origin

  1. Englishform
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishformless

From form + -less.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄμορφος
  • ἄμορφος (ámorphos)without form
Bulgarian безформен
  • безформен (bezformen)without form
Catalan sense forma
  • sense formawithout form
Dutch vormloos
  • vormlooswithout form
French sans forme, informe
  • sans formewithout form
  • informewithout form
Greek άμορφος
  • άμορφος (ámorfos)without form
Hungarian alaktalan
  • alaktalanwithout form
Latin informis
  • informiswithout form
Lithuanian beformis
  • beformiswithout form
Polish bezkształtny, bezpostaciowy
  • bezkształtnywithout form
  • bezpostaciowywithout form
Spanish sin forma
  • sin formawithout form
Swedish formlös
  • formlöswithout form

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

formless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formless

MLA

“formless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “formless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formless.

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