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out of shape

out of shape prepositional phrase: physically unfit.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Physically unfit.
    Antonyms:
    in shape
  2. Not in its usual or proper shape.
    • Q. Will you describe to the Court and Jury just what was the condition of the front seat? A. I did not notice it close enough. I know it was out of shape, it had a horseshoe bend, and the seat was out of shape, turned backwards. [... The car] was all pushed in, [...]1938, “McKeon vs. Liebschutz (trial)”, in State of New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department, page 173

out of shape meaning in Bengali and Kannada

out of shape in Bengali

শারীরিকভাবে অসুস্থ, অক্ষম, সঠিক আকারে নেই

out of shape in Kannada

out of shape
ಅಂಕುಡೊಂಕು aṅkuḍoṅku

Antonyms of out of shape

Questions about out of shape

What does out of shape mean?
Out of shape means physically unfit.
What is out of shape in Bengali?
Out of shape in Bengali is শারীরিকভাবে অসুস্থ, অক্ষম, সঠিক আকারে নেই. See Out of shape meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is out of shape?
Out of shape is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of shape in the dictionary

  1. out of rack
  2. out of range
  3. out of reach
  4. out of season
  5. out of service
  6. out of shape
  7. out of sight
  8. out of sight is out of mind
  9. out of sight, out of mind
  10. out of someone's hands
  11. out of someone's way

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out of shape (page history and authors); out of shape (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅಂಕುಡೊಂಕು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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