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misshapen

[ US /mɪsˈhæpən, mɪsˈʃeɪpən/ ]
[ UK /mɪsʃˈe‍ɪpən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
    a limp caused by a malformed foot
    his poor distorted limbs
    an ill-shapen vase
    deformed thalidomide babies
    misshapen old fingers
    his poor distorted limbs

How To Use misshapen In A Sentence

  • The spoon had been bent into such a shape that would provide louder clanging, and the pot was misshapen, being dented in many places.
  • The site for the Loft, a 77 unit condominium development, is a right-angled triangle with both acute angles cut off so it is more a misshapen pentagon.
  • The boiler came on with a burp and a quiet roaring, startling the misshapen shadow behind the torch. THE LAST RAVEN
  • Enter the UglyRipe, a lumpen, misshapen, odd duck of a tomato grown near Naples, Florida.
  • If you nibble enough, your nail bed becomes misshapen over time, so you get ridges and bumps and all sorts of other unpleasant side effects. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was still dressed in the clothes from last ni, ht, wrinkled and misshapen - skirt, dress, nylons, sweater and all. FAMILY BLESSINGS
  • These pack-houses have machines which grade for size and conveyor lines where people pick out misshapen and damaged produce.
  • Until I was 30, my relationship with Antarctica was confined to the biannual reinflation of the globe hanging above my desk, its air valve located in the middle of the misshapen white pancake at the bottom. Terra Incognita
  • In most cases the skull is abnormally small or misshapen, particularly at the back, according to the Mayo Clinic Web site, one of the sources White consulted. Woman's crushing headache took years to diagnose
  • Blooms were misshapen, small and nothing like the incurving form I had expected.
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