shapeless
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++shape·less /ˈʃeɪpləs/ adjective 1 SHAPE#not having a clear or definite shape 不成形的，无定形的 a shapeless dress 松松垮垮不成形的连衣裙2. CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDsomething such as a book or a plan that is shapeless does not seem to have a clear structure 〔书或计划之类〕结构凌乱的，条理不清楚的 —shapelessly adverbExamples from the Corpus
shapeless• Soon, she thought, he would take to wearing shapeless brown coats, and drinking beer for breakfast instead of coffee.• People trudged on, carrying shapeless bundles full of clothes or bedding.• Helen's hat was limp and shapeless from the rain.• He wore a shapeless gray cap and arrived in a sputtering old Model knocked at the door asking if Walton was there.• He was wearing a shapeless grey coat which really did not fit him.• A brief mood of shapeless hysteria took hold of the claustrophobic young community, which ended abruptly with a short holiday.• She will be reduced to wearing baggy jumpers and those shapeless monsters, maternity dresses, for the next nine months.• The prisoners wear shapeless orange uniforms.• She was dressed poorly in a tattered knit sweater and a shapeless skirt.• He looked dirty and was wearing an ugly, shapeless suit.• He could describe the men only as he had seen them, masked, in shapeless tracksuits.shape·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
not a clear shape or definite having Corpus
shapeless
shape‧less /ˈʃeɪpləs/
adjective
a shapeless dress
2. something such as a book or a plan that is shapeless does not seem to have a clear structure
—shapelessly adverb
shape‧less /ˈʃeɪpləs/
adjective Word Family: adjective: shapeless, shapely, misshapen; verb: shape; noun: shape; adverb: shapelessly
1. not having a clear or definite shape: 2. something such as a book or a plan that is shapeless does not seem to have a clear structure
—shapelessly adverb
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