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misshapen

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mis⋅shap⋅en

  [mis-shey-puhn, mish-]
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–adjective
badly shaped; deformed.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME: ptp. of misshape; see -en 3

Related forms:
mis⋅shap⋅en⋅ly, adverb
mis⋅shap⋅en⋅ness, noun

mis⋅shape

  [mis-sheyp, mish-]
–verb (used with object), -shaped, -shaped or -shap⋅en, -shap⋅ing.
to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see mis- 1 , shape
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mis·shape   (mĭs-shāp')   
tr.v.   mis·shaped, mis·shaped or mis·shap·en (-shā'pən), mis·shap·ing, mis·shapes
To shape badly; deform.
mis·shap'en·ly adv., mis·shap'er n.
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Word Origin & History

misshapen 
"having a bad or ugly shape," c.1375; see mis- (1) + shape (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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