A stout unshapely woman. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The cookies looked lovely, albeit a bit unshapely. From Wordnik.com. [Seattle Bon Vivant:] Reference
She was less unshapely than usual, though hardly shapely. From Wordnik.com. [Cube Route]
Either Tommy or Mr. Conlon is ‘molding the unshapely clay of truth.’. From Wordnik.com. [In Case You Think Police Officers Are Overpaid… - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
His stories are sketches or anecdotes, his novels episodic and unshapely. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic | July/August 2001 | Mark Twain's Reconstruction | Blount Jr.] Reference
Three unshapely arms with weapons ready to shoot protruded over the slope. From Wordnik.com. [Friend to Mankind]
There was a row of mis shapen, unshapely, fat, old bottoms, outlined in stretchy pants. From Wordnik.com. [Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine] Reference
Abhor being fat, unshapely, and be unhappy over it, but never tell others how you feel. From Wordnik.com. [Supreme Personality] Reference
Four men, with their loads, were permitted to cross in the small, unshapely, and cranky canoes. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
Her black, unshapely frock was fastened high up at her throat, and her face, rugged and hard, showed parchment pale above it. From Wordnik.com. [The White Cottage Mystery]
Suddenly our jagger, ever on the look-out, called loudly, and pointed to a singular and unshapely object, which rose and sank. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880] Reference
Besides these unshapely vehicles, there are phaetons, droschkis, chariots, and similar light conveyances; but no covered carriages. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands] Reference
Inside her own force-field the Rim Star was a blind, unshapely, insensible mass which was real only to herself and to her contents. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Side Of Nowhere]
She slipped out of the morning's unshapely clothes and into a terry-cloth robe of such unerotic design she hoped no one would see it. From Wordnik.com. [River Of Desire]
His shoulders were bent, his hair white with age, his withered features almost as coarse and as unshapely as the poor clothes he wore. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia de Noël] Reference
This is a valuable ornamental species, as it is green from early spring till the last thing in fall; specimens must be selected for such use, as often the trees are unshapely. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
But we were yet rough and unshapely; not fit for heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Making the Most of Life] Reference
A man entered the courtyard carrying an unshapely burden. From Wordnik.com. [Look Back on Happiness] Reference
Her calico frock was voluminous, unshapely and starch-clean. From Wordnik.com. [From Place to Place] Reference
One could see unshapely bulges where women did the housekeeping within. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Zeitoon] Reference
This bird, if not the plainest dressed, is the most unshapely in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [Birds and Poets : with Other Papers] Reference
Then, with a sudden stirring of his unshapely body, he glanced swiftly in the direction of. From Wordnik.com. [The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon] Reference
The body belonging to this prepossessing face was swollen and unshapely, and its owner moved with. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia] Reference
This edge needs constant trimming, else it becomes unshapely; and this trimming tends to widen the walk. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
If you wish to have corns and unshapely feet, wear tight shoes; they never fail to produce those results. From Wordnik.com. [How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies] Reference
Through indolent and careless living she had grown gross and coarse, too unshapely and unseemly for her age. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountebank] Reference
His head, huge and unshapely as a buffalo's, was half hidden in the thick and tangled growth of his unkempt hair. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Interior of the Earth] Reference
She stretched forth her long, unshapely hand and made grotesque snatches at the sunshine that poured in through the window. From Wordnik.com. [Lovey Mary] Reference
He is a sort of musical Cyclops, a strong, ugly creature bulging with knotty and unshapely muscles, an ogre of composition. From Wordnik.com. [Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers] Reference
The country, to which I was a stranger, appeared wild enough, with hedgeless downs rolling up black and unshapely against the night. From Wordnik.com. [Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales] Reference
Not again to refer to the case of parasites, what can be more unshapely than a hippopotamus, or more generally repulsive than a crocodile?. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
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