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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
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Shapeless or formless?

shapeless or formless?
  

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formless: without a clear or definite shape or structure : a dark and formless idea . shapeless: (esp. of a garment) lacking a distinctive or attractive shape : women in shapeless cotton dresses.

  • formless: without a clear or definite shape or structure : a dark and formless idea .
  • shapeless: (esp.
  • of a garment) lacking a distinctive or attractive shape : women in shapeless cotton dresses.
  • Again, two examples of adjectives that are quite close in meaning, but not exactly interchangeable.
  • Most people would not bother to make the difference.
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formless:
without a clear or definite shape or structure : a dark and formless idea.

shapeless:
(esp. of a garment) lacking a distinctive or attractive shape : women in shapeless cotton dresses.

Again, two examples of adjectives that are quite close in meaning, but not exactly interchangeable. Most people would not bother to make

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