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Vinony

formless

adjective

  1. devoid of/wanting in form, having no determinate/regular form
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːmləs/ / /ˈfɔɹmləs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English form Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English formless From form + -less.

  1. 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.”