as in chaotic
having no definite or recognizable form
amorphous lumps of clay magically transformed by a skilled potter's hands into works of art
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Recent Examples of amorphous
In a tragic instant, Thompson became a scapegoat for the legitimate—but until now, amorphous—rage people have about America’s health-care system, in which a company’s profits can be someone else’s broken life.
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airmail.news, 25 Jan. 2025
One of your machines—the one that cuts the dough into tiny trees—passed its manual maintenance check a few months ago but suddenly begins producing amorphous blobs of dough instead of crisp, clean cuts.
—Bill Rokos, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Twigs appears as a kind of amorphous, alien-like creature, slipping in between the tracks and finding a new version of herself each time.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
At Yahoo and then ESPN, Wojnarowski took an amorphous job that hadn’t previously existed and constructed it in his image.
—Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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airmail.news, 25 Jan. 2025
One of your machines—the one that cuts the dough into tiny trees—passed its manual maintenance check a few months ago but suddenly begins producing amorphous blobs of dough instead of crisp, clean cuts.
—Bill Rokos, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Twigs appears as a kind of amorphous, alien-like creature, slipping in between the tracks and finding a new version of herself each time.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
At Yahoo and then ESPN, Wojnarowski took an amorphous job that hadn’t previously existed and constructed it in his image.
—Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for amorphous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amorphous
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The week’s biggest stories A month after L.A. firestorms, essential questions still haunt Southern California The region is still grappling with basic questions about what caused the blazes, why evacuations were so chaotic and whether officials were prepared.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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While the transfer was orderly – in contrast to chaotic scenes surrounding the release of Israeli and Thai hostages in Gaza last week – the three appeared thin and pale when they were led onto a makeshift stage.—
Sophie Tanno and Mick Krever,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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The constant chaos and the kind of unstructured nature of the team were a big part of that.—
Emile Nuh,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Male Alzheimer’s caregivers group: The Men’s Breakfast Club is an informal and unstructured gathering of male caregivers.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2025
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Some compress you like a sausage casing, others sag into shapeless blobs after one wash, and the worst?—
Boutayna Chokrane,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
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Unlike spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, with their distinct structures of winding spiral arms, elliptical galaxies are rather shapeless.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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The Right was formless, fractured, a collection of irritable mental gestures -- and then William F. Buckley Jr. founded this journal, bringing the various respectable strands of conservatism together and discarding the others.—
Ramesh Ponnuru,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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That doubtlessly makes Skeleton Crew feel more formless than would be acceptable if the series had been trimmed down to a movie.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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As chief of patrol, the No. 2 unformed official, Chell has feuded wildly and needlessly with the press and politicians while leading a secretive and highly aggressive quality of life unit.—
Harry Siegel,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In one of them, the star just looks like a big sort of fuzzy blob.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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And that scene that Kaitlyn did an exceptional job of recreating is burned into my memory as a kid watching that — with her pink fuzzy sweater and the glossy lips.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Filmmakers work to an intentionally vague brief from Mrs. Muccia Prada: make a short film, using Miu Miu’s latest collection, that articulates a woman’s story.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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Related Stories The film, however, bears no clear timeline, other than the vague notion of modernity.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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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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It’s by far the album’s worst song, and the one that feels most unshaped by Max Martin’s touch.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Oct. 2021
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“Amorphous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amorphous. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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