Amorphous
adjective
Having no clear shape or structure.
The building's amorphous architecture was captivatingly creative.
Often appears as...
- amorphous structure
- amorphous form
adjective
Unclear or vague.
The philosopher's arguments were amorphous, leaving us intrigued but confused.
Often appears as...
- amorphous theory
- amorphous concept
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Not able to be classified or categorized.
Her music is so amorphous, blending elements of folk, rock, and electronica.
Often appears as...
- amorphous music
- amorphous category
adjective
In science, something that has no organized structure.
Glass is an amorphous solid, because it lacks a crystalline structure.
Often appears as...
- amorphous solid
- amorphous substance
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Technical
adjective
Having no clear shape or structure.
The building's amorphous architecture was captivatingly creative.
Often appears as...
- amorphous structure
- amorphous form
adjective
Unclear or vague.
The philosopher's arguments were amorphous, leaving us intrigued but confused.
Often appears as...
- amorphous theory
- amorphous concept
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Not able to be classified or categorized.
Her music is so amorphous, blending elements of folk, rock, and electronica.
Often appears as...
- amorphous music
- amorphous category
adjective
In science, something that has no organized structure.
Glass is an amorphous solid, because it lacks a crystalline structure.
Often appears as...
- amorphous solid
- amorphous substance
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Use 'amorphous' to describe things that visually lack a distinct shape, like abstract art.
The painting's amorphous blobs of color evoked a sense of mystery.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Negative
'Amorphous' can imply creative freedom, not just confusion or lack of design.
His amorphous style of storytelling lets the audience imagine their own endings.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Use 'amorphous' to describe things that visually lack a distinct shape, like abstract art.
The painting's amorphous blobs of color evoked a sense of mystery.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Negative
'Amorphous' can imply creative freedom, not just confusion or lack of design.
His amorphous style of storytelling lets the audience imagine their own endings.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Use 'amorphous' to describe things that visually lack a distinct shape, like abstract art.
The painting's amorphous blobs of color evoked a sense of mystery.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Negative
'Amorphous' can imply creative freedom, not just confusion or lack of design.
His amorphous style of storytelling lets the audience imagine their own endings.
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Jessica Jackley:...
for the first time, I was starting to get to be friends with some of those people in that big amorphous group out there that was supposed to be far away. I was starting to be friends and get to know their personal stories. And over and over again, as I interviewed them and spent my days with them, I did hear stories of life change
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What is the Internet,...
doesn't weigh anything and I was embarrassed I was looking for this thing that only fools seemed to look for the internet was that amorphous blob or it was a silly black box with a blinking red light on it it wasn't a real world out there but in fact it is there is a real world of the internet out there and
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Peter Doolittle: How...
because you're going to be exposed to so many different ideas. Now the problem that we have is that life comes at us, and it comes at us very quickly, and what we need to do is to take that amorphous flow of experience and somehow extract meaning from it with a working memory that's about the size of a pea.
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Andrew Blum: What is the...
And I was embarrassed. I was looking for this thing that only fools seem to look for. The Internet was that amorphous blob, or it was a silly black box with a blinking red light on it. It wasn't a real world out there. But, in fact, it is. There is a real world of the Internet out there,
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A radical plan to end...
can go straight through the pores of your skin. That's not the bad news. The bad news is that it goes straight through the blood-brain barrier, that protective coating which is there to protect your brain. Your brain's a little amorphous, wet mass full of little electrical charges.
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How the button changed...
either two holes or four holes. Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole. And the way you figure that out the diameter of the button plus the width of the button, plus a little bit of ease. Before buttons, clothes were bigger -- they were more kind of amorphous,
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
this blandly amorphous generic world view not only would we see the entire range of the human imagination reduced to a more narrow modality of thought, but that we would wake from a dream one day having forgotten there were even other possibilities.
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Stunning buildings made...
that recycled all the amorphous material of the quarry, just supported by gravity -- no mortar and no ties. And once built and tested, moving it to the final site in the city center to unite it with the rest of the building
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The Fascinating Lives of...
red-hot poker flower so let's make our way from the herd to the individuals as they move across the screen they probably look like an amorphous mass but in fact there's some important
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Art made of the air we...
It's immediate, vital and intimate, as well as being amorphous and cumbersome. And yet, it's so easily forgotten. Climate change is the collective self-portrait of humanity.
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Jessica Jackley:...
for the first time, I was starting to get to be friends with some of those people in that big amorphous group out there that was supposed to be far away. I was starting to be friends and get to know their personal stories. And over and over again, as I interviewed them and spent my days with them, I did hear stories of life change
Video examples
What is the Internet,...
doesn't weigh anything and I was embarrassed I was looking for this thing that only fools seemed to look for the internet was that amorphous blob or it was a silly black box with a blinking red light on it it wasn't a real world out there but in fact it is there is a real world of the internet out there and
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Peter Doolittle: How...
because you're going to be exposed to so many different ideas. Now the problem that we have is that life comes at us, and it comes at us very quickly, and what we need to do is to take that amorphous flow of experience and somehow extract meaning from it with a working memory that's about the size of a pea.
Video examples
Andrew Blum: What is the...
And I was embarrassed. I was looking for this thing that only fools seem to look for. The Internet was that amorphous blob, or it was a silly black box with a blinking red light on it. It wasn't a real world out there. But, in fact, it is. There is a real world of the Internet out there,
Video examples
A radical plan to end...
can go straight through the pores of your skin. That's not the bad news. The bad news is that it goes straight through the blood-brain barrier, that protective coating which is there to protect your brain. Your brain's a little amorphous, wet mass full of little electrical charges.
Video examples
How the button changed...
either two holes or four holes. Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole. And the way you figure that out the diameter of the button plus the width of the button, plus a little bit of ease. Before buttons, clothes were bigger -- they were more kind of amorphous,
Video examples
Wade Davis: Cultures at...
this blandly amorphous generic world view not only would we see the entire range of the human imagination reduced to a more narrow modality of thought, but that we would wake from a dream one day having forgotten there were even other possibilities.
Video examples
Stunning buildings made...
that recycled all the amorphous material of the quarry, just supported by gravity -- no mortar and no ties. And once built and tested, moving it to the final site in the city center to unite it with the rest of the building
Video examples
The Fascinating Lives of...
red-hot poker flower so let's make our way from the herd to the individuals as they move across the screen they probably look like an amorphous mass but in fact there's some important
Video examples
Art made of the air we...
It's immediate, vital and intimate, as well as being amorphous and cumbersome. And yet, it's so easily forgotten. Climate change is the collective self-portrait of humanity.
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Milo Yiannopoulos
British Activist
You see, feminists don't really like to define the Patriarchy. They prefer to keep it nebulous and amorphous so they can conveniently blame it for everything that goes wrong in their lives. Not being paid enough? Patriarchy! Not getting a promotion? Patriarchy! Too many catcalls? Patriarchy! Too few catcalls? Patriarchy!
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Baron Vaughn
American Comedian
When the audience reacts all together, it's genius. The audience is its own being in a way. It's a weird, amorphous beast that is also somehow a golden emperor that is also somehow every adult you've ever come across in your life who doesn't approve of you - all in one place.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.
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Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
A sponge is a funny animal to center a show on. At first, I drew a few natural sponges - amorphous shapes, blobs - which was the correct thing to do biologically as a marine science teacher. Then I drew a square sponge, and it looked so funny.
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Rowan Atkinson
English Comedian
Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and, of course, you can't see the alleged billions watching at home either, so the degree to which you are intimidated is quite low.
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Noah Baumbach
American Writer
When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.
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Francoise Sagan
French Playwright
Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.
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Adam Lashinsky
American Editor
Innovation, like creativity, is an amorphous concept. It's the holy grail of business, but achieving it - even merely explaining it - is lightning-in-a-bottle difficult.
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Bono
Irish Singer
Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
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Arundhati Roy
Indian Novelist
Novels are such mysterious and amorphous and tender things.
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Milo Yiannopoulos
British Activist
You see, feminists don't really like to define the Patriarchy. They prefer to keep it nebulous and amorphous so they can conveniently blame it for everything that goes wrong in their lives. Not being paid enough? Patriarchy! Not getting a promotion? Patriarchy! Too many catcalls? Patriarchy! Too few catcalls? Patriarchy!
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Baron Vaughn
American Comedian
When the audience reacts all together, it's genius. The audience is its own being in a way. It's a weird, amorphous beast that is also somehow a golden emperor that is also somehow every adult you've ever come across in your life who doesn't approve of you - all in one place.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.
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Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
A sponge is a funny animal to center a show on. At first, I drew a few natural sponges - amorphous shapes, blobs - which was the correct thing to do biologically as a marine science teacher. Then I drew a square sponge, and it looked so funny.
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Rowan Atkinson
English Comedian
Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and, of course, you can't see the alleged billions watching at home either, so the degree to which you are intimidated is quite low.
Quote examples
Noah Baumbach
American Writer
When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.
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Francoise Sagan
French Playwright
Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.
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Adam Lashinsky
American Editor
Innovation, like creativity, is an amorphous concept. It's the holy grail of business, but achieving it - even merely explaining it - is lightning-in-a-bottle difficult.
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Bono
Irish Singer
Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
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Arundhati Roy
Indian Novelist
Novels are such mysterious and amorphous and tender things.
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