Examples of shapeless in a Sentence
an old, shapeless baseball cap
right now this clay is just a shapeless lump, but wait until I'm done sculpting it
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For one, crowds are shapeless and faceless entities that are sometimes written off as impressionable mobs, sometimes glorified as a collection of freedom fighters.
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 14 Dec. 2022
There’s not much to say about her shapeless, messy brunette wig, either.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
She was dressed in gray baggy pants and a shapeless brown shirt, her tiny hands clasping a clipboard.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 May 2025
From the shapeless bulbous blobfish to the white, fuzzy-armed yeti crab, some animals live up to their name.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 14 Dec. 2022
There’s not much to say about her shapeless, messy brunette wig, either.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
She was dressed in gray baggy pants and a shapeless brown shirt, her tiny hands clasping a clipboard.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 May 2025
From the shapeless bulbous blobfish to the white, fuzzy-armed yeti crab, some animals live up to their name.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shapeless
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“Shapeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shapeless. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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shapeless
adjective
shape·less
ˈshā-pləs 
1
: having no fixed or regular shape
2
a
: deprived of usual or normal shape
b
: not shapely
shapelessly
adverb
shapelessness
noun
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