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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•mor•phous /əˈmɔrfəs/USA pronunciation adj. - lacking definite form;
shapeless:amorphous clouds. - of no particular kind or character;
unstructured;
unorganized:his amorphous style of writing.
a•mor•phous•ly, adv. a•mor•phous•ness, n. [uncountable]See -morph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•mor•phous (ə môr′fəs),USA pronunciation adj. - lacking definite form;
having no specific shape;
formless:the amorphous clouds. - of no particular kind or character;
indeterminate;
having no pattern or structure;
unorganized:an amorphous style; an amorphous personality. - Mineralogy, Rocks[Petrog., Mineral.]occurring in a mass, as without stratification or crystalline structure.
- Chemistrynot crystalline.
- Biologyhaving structural components that are not clearly differentiated, as the nuclear material in certain bacteria.
- Greek ámorphos shapeless. See a-6, -morph, -ous
- 1725–35
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shapeless, undefined; vague, anomalous.
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