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shapeless

[shayp-lis] / ˈʃeɪp lɪs /


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Nature herself is more than shapeless irregularity; the woods have glades and groves, animal trails and vistas; like literature, they have rising and falling action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Hyland can’t resolve her shapeless play, so she has Sally talk her way into the future in a rambling monologue that’s a complete cop-out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

They cited her “frumpy cardigan, shapeless above-the-knee shift” and, get this, “‘demure’ makeup.”

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2024

The main process affected was morphogenesis -- an organism developing its shape -- and shapeless embryos cannot survive.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

And there on the rock, sitting staring down at the long line of dark men shapeless under dark trees, he felt for the first time the sense of the coming end.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara


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