Dictionary Check: amorphous

"amorphous" is a valid word!

Scrabble 16 points
Words with Friends 18 points

Definition

adjective

having no definite form or distinct shape

Example: "amorphous clouds of insects"
Synonyms:
adjective

lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies

Synonyms:
adjective

(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused

Example: "A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself"
adjective

unclear because vague or badly organized

Example: "Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it"
adjective

without real or apparent crystalline form

Example: "an amorphous mineral"

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