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Drop honey onto a plate. It spreads, pools, flows—never holding a fixed form. This is amorphous: without definite shape.
The word comes from Greek a- (without) + morphē (shape). Things that are amorphous resist boundaries. They flow, shift, and adapt to whatever contains them.
Visual examples showing amorphous in science, nature, and organizations
Test your understanding
A research paper states: "The patient's symptoms remained amorphous." This means: