formless — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Without form; shapeless.

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   It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.

   1985: Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. — Genesis 1:2 (New Jerusalem Bible)

2. Without the use of forms or templates.

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   • not-comparable

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   You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose: Windows CE for the Pocket PC Project and Windows CE Formless project.

Adjective

1. having no definite form or distinct shape

   Synonyms

   amorphousshapeless

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   amorphous clouds of insects

   an aggregate of formless particles

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   a shapeless mass of protoplasm

2. having no physical form

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   belief in a world filled with … formless but often malevolent beings