shapeless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for shapeless
Synonyms
deformed, distorted, malformed, misshapen, monstrous
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His face went shapeless and blank as though the bones of his skull had melted. — Dale Peck, The New Republic, "My Mayor Pete Problem," 12 July 2019 Her daughters swapped their headscarves for shapeless black niqabs. — The Economist, "How Turkey deals with returning Islamic State fighters," 15 Aug. 2019 The showâs shapeless red clothes denote victimhood; thereâs no complexity or subtlety to the role of a Handmaid. — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, "Miriam Toewsâs Quiet Revolution," 26 June 2019 The awful suitsâshapeless, but for their excessive shoulder padsâworn by the N.B.A. draft class of 2003 are now infamous as evidence of an unhappy era in menswear. — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, "The Evolution of N.B.A.-Draft Fashion," 26 June 2019 Divinity was omnipresent in the ancient Middle East, even in the shapeless stones called baetyls that were often objects of cult worship. — James Romm, The New York Review of Books, "âThe World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle Eastâ," 18 Mar. 2019 When onions are very soft, almost a shapeless mass, season fish and grill it, turning once, for a total of about 6 minutes for tuna, 8-10 minutes for swordfish. — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, "The art of finishing sauces for fish," 5 June 2019 Yet the kid, still mired in self-doubt, makes bad decisions in the course of a shapeless plot that sometimes manages, in mid-meander, to minimize the threat from Grimmel, who isnât interesting at all. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "âHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden Worldâ Review: More Smoke Than Fire," 21 Feb. 2019 Drawers are also great for shapeless items that canât be neatly lined up on a shelf, like bags of chips or dish towels, and for organizing items of varying heights by utilizing a drawer-within-a-drawer system. — Jessica Dailey, Good Housekeeping, "Pantry," 11 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shapeless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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