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UNSHAPELY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape
Example:
a stout unshapely woman
Classified under:
Similar:
acromegalic (marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face)
chunky; lumpy (like or containing small sticky lumps)
clubfooted; taliped (having a deformed foot)
deformed; distorted; ill-shapen; malformed; misshapen (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly)
ill-proportioned (lacking pleasing proportions)
knobbly; knobby (having knobs)
nodular; nodulated; noduled (having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules)
nodulose (having minute nodules)
chicken-breasted; pigeon-breasted (having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets)
shapeless (lacking symmetry or attractive form)
torulose (of a cylindrical or ellipsoid body; swollen and constricted at intervals)
Also:
asymmetric; asymmetrical (characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components)
Antonym:
shapely (having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape)
