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Definition of Shapelessness
1. Noun. An amorphous or indefinite shape. "A shapeless mass"
2. Noun. The quality of lacking an esthetically pleasing shape.
Definition of Shapelessness
1. Noun. The property of being shapeless. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being shapeless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shapelessness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shapelessness
Literary usage of Shapelessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of Bermuda, Or Somers' Islands by Richard Cotter, T. Y. Cotter (1828)
"... is a house which they have christened the cruet-stand, from its similitude in
shape, or rather shapelessness, to that useful article of furniture. ..."
2. Post Ex Sub Dis: Urban Fragmentations and Constructions by Ghent Urban Studies Team (2002)
"On the contrary, Ruscha's world is characterized by the shapelessness and emptiness
of ... 55 Ruscha's preoccupation with urban shapelessness, emptiness, ..."
3. Researches Into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization by Edward Burnett Tylor (1870)
"The rudeness and shapelessness of some of the blocks and stones which serve as
idols among many tribes, and those not always the lowest, is often surprising ..."
4. Researches into the early history of mankind and the development of civilization by Edward Burnett Tylor (1870)
"The rudeness and shapelessness of some of the blocks and stones which serve as
idols among many tribes, and those not always the lowest, is often surprising ..."
5. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"In order, then, that the shapelessness of the abortion might not at all manifest
itself to the perfect ..."
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