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formless

adj
/ˈfɔːmləs/UK/ˈfɔɹmləs/US

Etymology

From form + -less.

  1. derived from fōrma
  2. derived from forme
  3. inherited from forme
  4. suffixed as formless — “form + less”

Definitions

  1. Without form

    Without form; shapeless.

    • 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.

    • 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.

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Derived

formlessly, formlessness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for formless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA