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View synonyms for ill-formed

ill-formed

[ il-fawrmd ]

adjective

  1. badly formed.
  2. Linguistics. not conforming to the rules of a given language; ungrammatical ( well-formed ).


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Other Words From

  • ill-form·ed·ness [il, -, fawr, -mid-nis, -, fawrmd, -], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-formed1

First recorded in 1665–75

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Example Sentences

Most of the ‘m’ and ‘n’ formations are what graphologists call “ill formed,” with little definition.

Of all animals, not even the toad and tortoise excepted, this poor ill-formed creature is the most tenacious of life.

But the most effective barrier standing between you and them is ill-formed manners.

Why should the printers have to work overtime because my letters are ill-formed and my words run into each other?

Fear is also a relic of animalism, and a child of selfishness—a deformed child of an ill-formed parent.

If this were a squat, ill-formed proletarian race obviously predestined to subjection, one might understand.

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