amorphous
lacking a clear shape or structure
Word origin: From Greek amorphos, shapeless (a- without plus morphe form).
Amorphous in a sentence
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The committee's goals remained amorphous and difficult to act on.
The committee's goals remained amorphous, never resolving into concrete, measurable objectives.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “amorphous” well
Amorphous describes something without definite shape or structure, applied both physically and to vague ideas. It connotes a lack of organization rather than mere smallness.
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