: distorted or unshapely in form : misshapen
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his first sculpture looked more like a deformed rabbit than a galloping horse
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In the history play named for him, Richard III’s resentment, going back to having been a deformed and unloved child, makes more sense.
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Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Harnessing advanced manufacturing Charlotte, as a boat strike victim with air bubbles trapped under its deformed shell, was considered non-releasable and completely dependent on human care.
—Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
In the interview, Northam was discussing legislation in Virginia and a hypothetical situation in which a mother’s life was in danger during delivery involving a severely deformed or non-viable fetus.
—Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
In reality, however, the root cause of violence in the Sahel’s apparently lawless areas is neither the absence nor the inefficacy of state institutions but the presence of violent and deformed ones.
—Nathaniel K. Powell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
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Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Harnessing advanced manufacturing Charlotte, as a boat strike victim with air bubbles trapped under its deformed shell, was considered non-releasable and completely dependent on human care.
—Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
In the interview, Northam was discussing legislation in Virginia and a hypothetical situation in which a mother’s life was in danger during delivery involving a severely deformed or non-viable fetus.
—Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
In reality, however, the root cause of violence in the Sahel’s apparently lawless areas is neither the absence nor the inefficacy of state institutions but the presence of violent and deformed ones.
—Nathaniel K. Powell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
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“Deformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deformed. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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deformed
adjective
de·formed
di-ˈfȯ(ə)rmd, dē- 
: misshapen especially in body or limbs
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