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formless

[fawrm-lis] / ˈfɔrm lɪs /


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“You have a formless hunch, and you move toward it. It’s a mystery, really, why we’re attracted to certain subjects.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Current protesters should emulate that dignity and power, not fall into formless jeering and harassment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

He is formless, almost faceless, a man whose countenance is a caricature, a man whose framework seems cartilaginous, without bones.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2025

The defining complaint about the sacked Dutchman was that after two-and-a-bit seasons the football was still formless and the tactical direction indecipherable.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2024

He was like a formless white death, suddenly appeared before me, a death which had been there all the time and which had now revealed itself in the madness of the Golden Day.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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