Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure.
[formal]
A dark, strangely amorphous shadow filled the room.
...the amorphous mass of the crowd.
Synonyms: shapeless, vague, irregular, nondescript More Synonyms of amorphous
amorphous in British English
(əˈmɔːfəs)
adjective
1.
lacking a definite shape; formless
2.
of no recognizable character or type
3.
(of chemicals, rocks, etc) not having a crystalline structure
Derived forms
amorphism (aˈmorphism)
noun
amorphously (aˈmorphously)
adverb
amorphousness (aˈmorphousness)
noun
Word origin
C18: from New Latin, from Greek amorphos shapeless, from a-1 + morphē shape
amorphous in American English
(əˈmɔrfəs)
adjective
1.
without definite form; shapeless
2.
of no definite type; anomalous
3.
unorganized; vague
4. Biology
without definite or specialized structure, as some lower forms of life
5. Chemistry and Mineralogy
not crystalline
Derived forms
amorphism (aˈmorˌphism) (əˈmɔrˌfɪzəm)
noun
amorphously (aˈmorphously)
adverb
amorphousness (aˈmorphousness)
noun
Word origin
ModL amorphus < Gr amorphos < a-, without + morphē, form
Examples of 'amorphous' in a sentence
amorphous
Time is an amorphous concept in this production.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Your problem becomes a series of small tasks, rather than an overwhelming amorphous mass.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They are not a faceless, amorphous mass.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is much more like the amorphous mass of the 1950s movie.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The real issue is the play's amorphous shape.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Trade is not an amorphous statistical concept, it is about jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Avoid clichés and large amorphous concepts; a good poem should be pared down to its muscle and carry no flab.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He distances himself from this view and clearly acknowledges both the failings of the financial model and the dangers of the present amorphous mass of fixtures.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is not one big amorphous blob; it's a smorgasbord.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Any old object serves, and the more amorphous its shape, the more the imagination has to work with.
Christianity Today (2000)
(adjective)
Definition
of no recognizable character or type
A dark, amorphous shadow filled the room.
Synonyms
shapeless
She never wore anything but shapeless black dresses.
vague
He could just make out a vague shape in the distance.
irregular
nondescript
Ted was rather nondescript in both his appearance and intellect.
indeterminate
I hope to carry on for an indeterminate period.
unstructured
nebulous
We glimpsed a nebulous figure through the mist.
formless
Large formless images rushed across the screen.
inchoate
His prose is every bit as inchoate as the wilderness in which he travels.
characterless
unformed
unshaped
unshapen
Opposites
shaped
,
structured
,
regular
,
distinct
,
definite
Additional synonyms
in the sense of formless
Definition
without a definite shape or form
Large formless images rushed across the screen.
Synonyms
shapeless,
amorphous,
nebulous,
unformed,
vague,
indefinite,
incoherent,
disorganized,
inchoate
in the sense of inchoate
Definition
just begun and not yet properly developed
His prose is every bit as inchoate as the wilderness in which he travels.