shapeless

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adjective

Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape.

Similar
amorphousformlessunformedunshapely
OriginMiddle English schaples ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- →
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Meanings

adjectiveshapeless (comparative more shapeless, superlative most shapeless)

comparative more shapeless · superlative most shapeless

  1. Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape.

    If you skip the prelude, which is at once rhythmically square and shapeless, this Lohengrin starts out decently enough, for Hans Helm is one of the okayest Heralds on disc (a modest compliment, to be sure).

    1976, Records in Review, page 407

    Synonyms: amorphous, formless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWithout a clearly defined or identifiable shape.

Similar
amorphousformless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving no definite form or distinct shape

Similar
amorphousformlessunformed

adjectivelacking symmetry or attractive form

Similar
unshapely
Also see
amorphicamorphousdeformformlessmisshapenunformedunshapedunshapely

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*gaskap
  2. Old Englishġesċeap
  3. Proto-Germanic*skēpą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skāp
  5. Old Englishsċeap
  6. Middle Englishschap
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  9. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  11. Middle Englishschaples
  12. Englishshapeless

Inherited from Middle English schaples. By surface analysis, shape + -less.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄμορφος
  • ἄμορφος (ámorphos)without a shape
Bulgarian безформен
  • безформен (bezformen)without a shape
Esperanto senforma
  • senformawithout a shape
Hungarian alaktalan, formátlan
  • alaktalanwithout a shape
  • formátlanwithout a shape
  • idomtalanwithout a shape
Latin informis
  • informiswithout a shape
Polish bezkształtny, bezpostaciowy
  • bezkształtnywithout a shape
  • bezpostaciowywithout a shape
Russian бесфо́рменный
  • бесфо́рменный (besfórmennyj)without a shape
Swedish oformlig, formlös
  • oformligwithout a shape
  • formlöswithout a shape
Turkish şekilsiz
  • şekilsizwithout a shape

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

phaseless
Cite this entry
APA

shapeless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shapeless

MLA

“shapeless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shapeless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shapeless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shapeless.

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