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
And really, that’s not dissimilar to how people think of magic in cultures around the world—this kind of amorphous thing that can change the way someone acts or feels.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
That’s a thing the military taught about how to understand an amorphous problem state.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
For the bulk of its run, Penelope comes across like an experiment that sought to grapple with the amorphous, hard-to-articulate yet near-universal experience of teenage malaise.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
The resulting amorphous clumps have a texture somewhere between Jell-O and air.
—Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2024
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
That’s a thing the military taught about how to understand an amorphous problem state.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
For the bulk of its run, Penelope comes across like an experiment that sought to grapple with the amorphous, hard-to-articulate yet near-universal experience of teenage malaise.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
The resulting amorphous clumps have a texture somewhere between Jell-O and air.
—Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for amorphous
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Well, outside of the chaotic final seconds where, with Washington clinging to a 7-point lead, a game official’s error stopped the clock, leaving the Saints with time to spike the ball, call a play and complete a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Foster Moreau as time expired.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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More recently, at a time that feels similarly tumultuous and chaotic, Colonial Williamsburg and the Jane Austen House Museum have drawn a new wave of interest by teaming up with esteemed design brands to bring archival textiles, wallpapers, and paint colors to new life.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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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, 26 Dec. 2024
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Studies show that structured interviews are 50% more effective in predicting job performance than unstructured ones.Gary A. Officer, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Iris’ tutoring is shapeless and hardly encouraging, rousing skepticism in an older pupil (played by Hong regular Lee Hye-young) wary of her teacher’s unorthodox methods.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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When a public figure sits across from a podcast host to embark on a purportedly shapeless, stream-of-consciousness chat suffused with crude jokes and senseless tangents, an odd alchemy occurs: the speakers begin to sound like pals bantering at a pre-game, with the listener as a silent confidant.Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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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
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What’s unformed and ungainly here makes that patience finite.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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One is weather, with an as-yet unformed hurricane, which will be named Helene, likely to graze Florida's space coast later this week.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
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Or, if lucky and less stressed, then—apropos of the season—are reveling in the falling snow outside amidst fuzzy socks and a roaring fire.Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Still feeling the warm and fuzzy vibes from that Golden Bachelorette finale?Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Many in the country have not given up hope the stadium — widely reported to have cost around $500million (£398m), although precise figures are vague — will stage the tournament’s final.Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Copy Facebook Pinterest Twitter Travelers should soon be able to say goodbye for good to those hidden resort, cleaning, and other sometimes vague hotel and vacation rental fees that have been surprising them upon checkout for years.Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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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 30 Dec. 2024.
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