Definition of amorphousnext

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Recent Examples of amorphous For reasons that are, at best, hazy, Lonnie had a meltdown of some amorphous type that had some sort of non-specific impact on his overall psyche, leaving him stuck in a nebulous rut. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026 The slightest details, or the smallest bits of structure, are what stick out—what can feel like an amorphous ooze of nothingness suddenly snaps into place thanks to a rhythmic rattle or jagged vocal sample. Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026 For two and a half centuries, Americans across the political spectrum have projected their own ideals onto this amorphous country. Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026 Many big-box stores promote quartz over similar but much safer countertops manufactured from crushed glass; these are made from amorphous silica, which is much less toxic than crystalline silica. David Michaels, Fortune, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for amorphous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amorphous
Adjective
  • During the actual stream, things moved quickly beyond gambling, turning into something closer to a chaotic Drake variety show.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Kitchen The kitchen is a hard-working space that can feel chaotic—but doesn’t have to.
    Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 8 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Taylor joined the Bravo series in its latest season, which later exploded into scandal and earned its first Emmy nomination in the outstanding unstructured reality program category.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
  • John is also currently on a behavioral plan that includes an aide during unstructured periods, including lunch, recess and PE.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Sand all of it away, and what remains is smooth, convenient, and shapeless.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • This is easily the most shapeless and least comedically focused of Ferrell’s sports stories.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Adjective
  • Musicians have long sought to give form to the formless, unconstrained yet palatable, inspirational and divine.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
  • Without training in how to respond to it, a threat can feel not just frightening but formless, something to be endured rather than navigated.
    Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
Adjective
  • This Tony, the future bad-boy tell-all insider of the culinary world, is still touchingly unformed—a mortar full of raw, pasty potential, crying out for life experience to pestle him into shape.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • More than a hundred years after unformed marble passed through her hands and into human form, her works are at long last assembled together to speak as a kind of family.
    Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • And even if the details around the record are a little fuzzy, that’s not really the point.
    Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The details of how this all melds might be fuzzy, but the final product is not.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Entrepreneurs need this because being vague does not sell, attract referrals or earn trust.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The question is intentionally vague and confusing, and goes out of its way to evade the true purpose of the law.
    Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Along one wall, rows of unshaped, creaseless, open-crown hats wait in various stages of completion.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
  • There is a wealth of knowledge and experience here to sift through and, at times, the film’s editing leaves these individual’s offerings unshaped or unclear.
    Sarah-Tai Black, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023

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“Amorphous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amorphous. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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