shapelessness
- noun
- /ˈʃeɪpləsnəs/
:
sin forma
- The danger, however, arises that the shapelessness will be viewed as the dominant characteristic of the whole genre, a genre bound to defy definition and flourish in many forms, to change from one century to another, and to interact with diary fiction.
Examples
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During the fog, the trees faded into a hazy shapelessness that made the landscape seem eerie.
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And, curiously, it is the title itself, despite the shapelessness it evokes, which begins to shape and display the novel's highly patterned structure.
Academic text (1994) -
They shuffled like skaters on the snow, their identities lost in their winter shapelessness.
Fiction book (1990) -
Expectant mothers were having their belly buttons pierced with gold rings so that the shapelessness of pregnancy would not make them feel old.
Fiction book (2001) -
Volume-to-point constructs have a definite time direction: from small to large, and from shapelessness (diffusion) to structure (channels and streams).
Academic text (1997) -
The artist's sculpture lacked form and clarity, embodying a sense of shapelessness that confused the viewers.
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The document was so vague that it was filled with shapelessness, making it difficult to discern its main points.
Synonyms
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7.2
The state of having no clear shape or structure
A quality of having no clear shape, form, or character
Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear
Antonyms
How Shapeless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shapelessness is made from the common word shape and the parts -less ('without') and -ness ('a state'). So, shapelessness means the state of being 'without shape', or not having a clear, definite form.