UNSHAPELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unshapely mean? 

• UNSHAPELY (adjective)
  The adjective UNSHAPELY has 1 sense:

1. not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape

  Familiarity information: UNSHAPELY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSHAPELY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape

Context example:

a stout unshapely woman

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)