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amorphous.

Adjective
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MEANING

1. Without a definite shape, boundary, or organized form.

2. Having no long-range ordered crystalline structure, of a solid material.

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  • amorphous mass
  • amorphous idea

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An amorphous mass shifted behind the translucent wall.
Her amorphous idea acquired a shape only when she began to write.

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amorphous

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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more amorphous; superlative most amorphous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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