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Meaning of "shapelessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHAPELESSNESS

shapelessness  [ˈʃeɪplɪsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHAPELESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shapelessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHAPELESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shapelessness in the English dictionary

The definition of shapelessness in the dictionary is the quality of being shapeless.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHAPELESSNESS


aimlessness
ˈeɪmlɪsnɪs
artlessness
ˈɑːtlɪsnɪs
childlessness
ˈtʃaɪldlɪsnɪs
faithlessness
ˈfeɪθlɪsnɪs
fearlessness
ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs
fecklessness
ˈfɛklɪsnɪs
groundlessness
ˈɡraʊndlɪsnɪs
guilelessness
ˈɡaɪllɪsnɪs
heartlessness
ˈhɑːtlɪsnɪs
homelessness
ˈhəʊmlɪsnɪs
lifelessness
ˈlaɪflɪsnɪs
nervelessness
ˈnɜːvlɪsnɪs
noiselessness
ˈnɔɪzlɪsnɪs
relentlessness
rɪˈlɛntlɪsnɪs
senselessness
ˈsɛnslɪsnɪs
shamelessness
ˈʃeɪmlɪsnɪs
tactlessness
ˈtæktlɪsnɪs
tastelessness
ˈteɪstlɪsnɪs
tunelessness
ˈtjuːnlɪsnɪs
worthlessness
ˈwɜːθlɪsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHAPELESSNESS

shantyman
shantytown
Shanxi
shapable
shape
shape up
shapeable
shapeless
shapelessly
shapelier
shapeliest
shapeliness
shapely
shapen
shaper
shapeup
shapewear
Shapiro
Shapley
shaps

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHAPELESSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of shapelessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shapelessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHAPELESSNESS

Find out the translation of shapelessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shapelessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shapelessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

shapelessness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shapelessness
570 millions of speakers

English

shapelessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shapelessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shapelessness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесформенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disforme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shapelessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

absence de forme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berkesudahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Formlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shapelessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shapelessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shapelessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shapelessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shapelessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकारहीनपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şekilsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mancanza di forma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieokreśloność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безформність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shapelessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασυμμετρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shapelessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shapelessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shapelessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shapelessness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHAPELESSNESS»

The term «shapelessness» is used very little and occupies the 170.220 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHAPELESSNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shapelessness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHAPELESSNESS»

Discover the use of shapelessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shapelessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perceptual Organization in Vision: Behavioral and Neural ...
The local apparent shapelessness of a high-denotative region adjacent to a low- denotative figure can easily be accounted for by a theory in which object memories are accessed for figures and not for grounds. On a theory in which memories ...
Ruth Kimchi, Marlene Behrmann, Carl R. Olson, 2003
2
Secular Theology: American Radical Theological Thought
4 At the immanent level, Ovid's epic poem recounts the transformation of shapelessness into a "harmonious union."5 This "unbroken thread of verse, from the earliest beginnings of the world, down to [his] own times," does much more than ...
Clayton Crockett, 2001
3
Emotional Experience and Religious Understanding: ...
1 Against this line of thought, McDowell suggests that if the noncognitivist endorses the shapelessness thesis, then 'there need be no genuine same thing ( by the non-cognitivist's lights) to which successive occurrences of the non- cognitive ...
Mark Wynn, 2005
4
Imagining Heaven in the Middle Ages: A Book of Essays
He clarifies that women must be purified after menstruation, even though menstruation is not a sin, because of the “material shapelessness” or “formless flow” that will become the body if conception takes place (39). Likewise, a man must be ...
Jan S. Emerson, 2014
5
Thick Concepts
Merely pointing to shapelessness and the irreducibility of evaluative properties is thus not sufficient to characterize what it is that makes them evaluative. One way to see this is to note that merely pointing to non—evaluative shapelessness ...
Simon Kirchin, 2013
6
Dissociation and Wholeness in Patrick White's Fiction
His silence slipped past. The hills settled into shapelessness. She was left with the trembling of her knees. Afterwards, trailing through the shrunk yard, there was no external evidence that the Syrian had been. The meatsafe still creaked on its ...
Laurence Steven, 1989
7
Anthem
Ayn Rand's classic tale of future dark age of the great We in which individuals have no names, no independence, and no values. Anticipates her later masterpieces, the Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
Ayn Rand, 1946
8
Racial Fever: Freud and the Jewish Question
For Zizek, this “very 'shapelessness' is the constitutive feature of subjectivity” that underlies “the Judaeo—democratic concept of 'abstract universalism.'”" Ironically, the “shapelessness” of Jewishness allows the Jewish people both to embrace ...
Eliza Slavet, 2009
9
Queer Narratives of the Caribbean Diaspora: Exploring Tactics
be found in Glissant, who laments the loss of shapelessness, in that it results in the termination of action. He calls for acting upon and the refusal of the shapely landscape in the same manner that Kincaid remembers her shapeless garden: All ...
Zoran Pecic, 2013
10
An Aquinas Reader
in itself the privation of the form of bread, which explains why I call it flour; its shapelessness or formlessness is understood to be opposed to the form of bread. Now, in generation, there remains the matter or subject but not the privation and not ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Mary T. Clark, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHAPELESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shapelessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nike's Swoosh Meets Jim Harbaugh's Khakis
The former San Francisco 49ers coach and former Michigan star quarterback is as renowned for his intensity as he is for the shapelessness of his dad-bod pants ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Cork players rue last-minute equaliser as Kerry snatch replay
The shapelessness of the early first-half exchanges reflected the modern disdain for formation and convention. Cork dropped Paul Kerrigan behind the halfway ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
3
After 25 Years, A Comics Publisher Pauses To Collect And Reflect
He'd previously helped put together a comics anthology himself, only to be disappointed by its shapelessness, its lack of a discerning editorial eye. So he filled ... «KRWG, Jun 15»
4
Ted 2 review: Grin and bear it
... spend more time in the editing suite, as the resulting 115 minutes are (A) easily 25 minutes too long and (B) narratively ragged to the point of shapelessness. «National Post, Jun 15»
5
The 10 Most Dedicated Defenders of Dad Jeans
It's easy for us guys who have no children to bemoan the "dad jean." At first glance, the shapelessness ofdad jeans make look as though hehas descended to ... «GQ Magazine, Jun 15»
6
Shapeless Narrative
Shapeless Narrative. by Richard ... “Kayee Jennr” and “mamsprdung” and all around it the order familiar to everyone seems to be dissolving into shapelessness. «PJ Media, Jun 15»
7
MKA's Double Feature review (Southbank Theatre, Melbourne)
Because we are un-dramatic, too boring. The average Australian can't tell one anything without making it sound pointless. Such a chronic shapelessness can ... «Daily Review, May 15»
8
Film Review: 'The Ocean of Helena Lee'
... most viewers will find the script's narrative shapelessness and pretentiously poetic dialogue hard to take. The American Cinematheque is hosting screenings ... «Variety, May 15»
9
Noah Baumbach lays back with “While We're Young”
... two documentary filmmakers living in Brooklyn who, as a couple, become deeply afflicted by the shapelessness of their future, even though they're still happily ... «Quad, Apr 15»
10
The Strip: Moomin's pillowy wisdom
Adults simplify the world, categorize and reduce it to manageable routine; in a child's world, as in Moomin, the shapelessness of life is its underlying magic, ... «National Post, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Shapelessness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shapelessness>. Apr 2024 ».
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