1
as in amorphous
having no definite or recognizable form
a formless mass of clay that the potter transformed into an attractive bowl
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as in spiritual
not composed of matter
from this formless void the universe was supposed to have been created
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Recent Examples of formless
Frozen filthy formless lumps, the remainders of the snow, persisted at the street corners and in the deep recesses between buildings, loomed sinisterly in the gaping bomb sites.
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Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Surely the habit, in its formless bulk, could accommodate one.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Novelty stores sold Belichick costumes for Halloween, complete with formless sweatpants and a drab ski cap.
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
These were more indiscrete: vast and seemingly formless, like massive cow pies turned to stone and then broken by a nasty fall.
—Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Surely the habit, in its formless bulk, could accommodate one.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Novelty stores sold Belichick costumes for Halloween, complete with formless sweatpants and a drab ski cap.
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
These were more indiscrete: vast and seemingly formless, like massive cow pies turned to stone and then broken by a nasty fall.
—Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for formless
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In contrast to these amorphous resolutions, John’s death provided a substantial, if tragic, endpoint.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
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Comedy is the word to describe that amorphous, precious, sacred moment of connection between two parties in which a ridiculous but startling truth about the human experience is fully understood.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Actress dies after reportedly consuming frog venom at spiritual cleansing retreat.Fox News, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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CeCe Winans brings a spiritual touch with Joyful, Joyful: A Christmas Album, while Coco Jones adds her unique flair in Coco by the Fireplace.Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
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Iris’ tutoring is shapeless and hardly encouraging, rousing skepticism in an older pupil (played by Hong regular Lee Hye-young) wary of her teacher’s unorthodox methods.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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When a public figure sits across from a podcast host to embark on a purportedly shapeless, stream-of-consciousness chat suffused with crude jokes and senseless tangents, an odd alchemy occurs: the speakers begin to sound like pals bantering at a pre-game, with the listener as a silent confidant.Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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If reason teaches that God is incorporeal, this means that God has no body; God does not physically see, nor do people see God.Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
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The digital files are incorporeal.BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
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Well, outside of the chaotic final seconds where, with Washington clinging to a 7-point lead, a game official’s error stopped the clock, leaving the Saints with time to spike the ball, call a play and complete a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Foster Moreau as time expired.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Launching Tuesday, the special was filmed in the slightly less chaotic locale of Hawaii, one of Chieng’s favorite places to work and vacation.Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Although the machines’ inventor is concerned with metaphysical questions—do intelligent robots disprove God’s existence?—his engineer son sees the potential for major profit and manufactures robots for sale around the world, with disastrous results.Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Her interest in mysteries and the occult began in the metaphysical section at her local Borders.Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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What’s unformed and ungainly here makes that patience finite.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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One is weather, with an as-yet unformed hurricane, which will be named Helene, likely to graze Florida's space coast later this week.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
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Male Alzheimer’s caregivers group: The Men’s Breakfast Club is an informal and unstructured gathering of male caregivers.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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McKinsey research shows this personalized approach can boost conversion rates by 10 to 15%, a significant edge for small retailers. Making Inventory And Data Management Simpler Managing data, especially unstructured data, has always been a challenge for small businesses.Kristjan Vilosius, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Formless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formless. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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