shapelessness

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noun

The property of being shapeless.

OriginEnglish shapeless ← Middle English schaples →
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Meanings

nounshapelessness (countable and uncountable, plural shapelessnesses)

plural shapelessnesses

  1. uncountableThe property of being shapeless.
  2. countableThe result or product of being shapeless.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishschaples
  2. Englishshapeless
  3. Englishshapelessness

From shapeless + -ness.

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Translations

Bulgarian безформеност
  • безформеност (bezformenost)property of being shapeless
German Formlosigkeit, Gestaltlosigkeit
  • Formlosigkeitproperty of being shapeless
  • Gestaltlosigkeitproperty of being shapeless
  • Unförmigkeitproperty of being shapeless
Greek αμορφία
  • αμορφία (amorfía)property of being shapeless
Hungarian alaktalanság
  • alaktalanságproperty of being shapeless
Polish bezkształt, bezkształtność
  • bezkształtproperty of being shapeless
  • bezkształtnośćproperty of being shapeless
  • magmowatośćproperty of being shapeless
Portuguese amorfismo
  • amorfismoproperty of being shapeless

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

phaselessness
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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