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amorphous

[ uh-mawr-fuhs ]

adjective

  1. lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless:

    the amorphous clouds.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized:

    an amorphous style; an amorphous personality.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. Petrography, Mineralogy. occurring in a mass, as without stratification or crystalline structure.
  4. Chemistry. not crystalline.
  5. Biology. having structural components that are not clearly differentiated, as the nuclear material in certain bacteria.


amorphous

/ əˈɔːə /

adjective

  1. lacking a definite shape; formless
  2. of no recognizable character or type
  3. (of chemicals, rocks, etc) not having a crystalline structure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

amorphous

/ ə-ôə /

  1. Not made of crystals. Glass, amber, and plastics are amorphous substances.
  2. Lacking definite form or shape.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈǰdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈǰ󾱲, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ǰpdzܲ· adverb
  • ·ǰpdzܲ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amorphous1

First recorded in 1725–35, amorphous is from the Greek word áǰDz shapeless. See a- 6, -morph, -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amorphous1

C18: from New Latin, from Greek amorphos shapeless, from a- 1+ ǰŧ shape
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But your homemade meals don’t have to resemble a frozen TV dinner, with its segmented tray of meat, an amorphous sauce, a scoop of peas or rice and a mysterious, saccharine lump of... jello?

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Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has recently denounced the protesters as an "amorphous mass" and sarcastically thanked them for "replenishing the state budget" with heavy fines.

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Pizer, of Lambda Legal, said legal intervention from groups like hers may not come immediately, as some of the orders are “still amorphous or theoretical enough that we can’t see what the effect will be.”

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In this enormous projection piece, Eliasson unfurls a phantasmagoria of shifting shapes and amorphous space across a vast fabric scrim stretched between the walls of a large, darkened museum gallery.

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Class consciousness has largely remained dormant in America, in large part because most people consider themselves to belong to the same amorphous socioeconomic class.

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