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malformed

[ mal-fawrmd ]

adjective

  1. faultily or anomalously formed.

    Synonyms: contorted, distorted, deformed, misshapen



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Word History and Origins

Origin of malformed1

First recorded in 1810–20; mal- + formed ( def )

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Example Sentences

It can be shocking at first—the copious amounts of nudity, ostentation, “O” faces, all twisted, layered, sometimes even malformed.

If from any cause the new being is seriously malformed or diseased, it is a common thing for the dam to miscarry.

What I found was that it had been twisted and malformed from birth, so that it was a center of continuous infection.

Assembled there they look like a lot of malformed giants, with oversized heads sunk curiously in their shoulders.

His right arm is malformed, and only a very strong man, with two strong arms, could have performed that feat.

Excepting between death and slavery, there was no choice for the weak or the malformed.

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