shapeless  /ˈʃeɪ pləs/ ? Meaning of "shapeless"

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Definition(s):

  1. (adj) having no definite form or distinct shape
  2. (adj) lacking symmetry or attractive form

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Usage(s):

  1. Meanwhile, Muslim women wearing long, shapeless dresses and head-scarves stood around in small groups.
  2. It was so shapeless that it recalled a paper bag; scoffers put it down as just a paper gag.
  3. They're shapeless and abstract, they bar the sufferer from reading and writing, and when they subside, they often erase our memories of them on the way out.

Quotes

  1. Roger Ebert described it in the Chicago Sun-Times as "a vanity production beyond all reason" with "the enormous cast wandering bewildered through shapeless scenes".
    on Mar 31, 2007 By: Roger Ebert Source: Stuff.co.nz

  2. "The most common misconception about sustainable fashion is that it comes in one color and looks one way: neutral, boxy, baggy, shapeless," says Oakes. "On the contrary! The best sustainable fashion is invisible."
    on Mar 20, 2009 By: Summer Rayne Oakes Source: Imperial Valley News

  3. Notably, Mr. Churchill wrote that Hitler's Mein Kampf was "the new Koran of faith and war: turgid, verbose, shapeless, but pregnant with its message."
    on Feb 23, 2009 By: Winston Churchill Source: Canada Free Press

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