as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
a primitive culture that cast aside infants born with deformities, allowing them to die of exposure to the elements
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Recent Examples of deformity
Morrison also injured her hip and shoulder, according to Kruse, but the fracture brought on a spinal deformity and chronic pain.
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
He wouldn’t be discharged until Christmastime, walked with a limp for months after that, and would struggle with his fresh physical deformities for years.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Nonprofit offers free medical screenings for kids in need
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, a nonprofit that helps children with physical deformities get reconstructive surgery, will provide free medical screenings for underserved children in need.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The 5-year-old, who was born with an ear deformity and cannot verbally communicate, misses his father and has been extremely distressed since his arrest, said Lucia Curiel, one of the family’s lawyers.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
He wouldn’t be discharged until Christmastime, walked with a limp for months after that, and would struggle with his fresh physical deformities for years.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Nonprofit offers free medical screenings for kids in need
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, a nonprofit that helps children with physical deformities get reconstructive surgery, will provide free medical screenings for underserved children in need.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The 5-year-old, who was born with an ear deformity and cannot verbally communicate, misses his father and has been extremely distressed since his arrest, said Lucia Curiel, one of the family’s lawyers.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deformity
Noun
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What a buyer might find as a major defect could be different than what a seller finds as one.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 June 2025
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Operational Efficiency And Cost Reduction Beyond core back-office tasks, AI bots are streamlining operations across industries: • Manufacturing: A process-mining AI tool helped one leading manufacturer automate quality-check handoffs, cutting defect investigation time by 60%.—
Leonard Martin Schmedding,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Ukraine invasion — explained The bruising artillery battle in Ukraine has left a scar that is visible from space Lewis also saw no evidence that Israel had struck at tunnels deep beneath a nearby mountain.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
13 June 2025
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The Director informs her that the scar is the mark of a rival group of killers with which the Ruska Roma maintains a permanent mutual pact of nonaggression, and orders Eve to stand down.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Their backs are a mixture of cream dots, orange-ish speckles and brown blotches.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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These are more typically animals with stripes instead of blotches, missing patterns, and similar.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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“Deformity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deformity. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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