Meaning

Lacking a definite form or clear shape..

Definitions by Sense

1. Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
2. (by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
3. (by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
4. (physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.
5. (set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.

Example Sentences

amorphous blob

The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.

Gudrun, new from her life in Chelsea and Sussex, shrank cruelly from this amorphous ugliness of a small colliery town in the Midlands. Yet forward she went, through the whole sordid gamut of pettiness, the long amorphous, gritty street.

And people talking all the time about the AfD is just what it wants: to foster the impression that the others are ganging up against it. The “authentic” voice of “real people” v the amorphous elite.

Near-synonym: noncrystalline

Glass is an amorphous solid, but some glass is called "crystal" because it looks crystalline and has been called crystal since before humans even understood molecular structure at all.

Word Forms

• more amorphous
• most amorphous

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When Should You Use Amorphous?

Use amorphous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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