as in distorted
badly or imperfectly formed
a clay sculpture of an eagle that was so malformed that it looked more like a feathered football
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Recent Examples of malformed
The tall clay-like skin creature looks like a candle melting in human form, without eyes, and with malformed hands that resemble a fetus’ in a sonogram.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety These malformed moments are practically endless.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Oct. 2024
Tonally, the story ends up halfway between malformed melodrama about inequity and a mystery steeped in respectability politics, wherein the point is how easily political allegiances (or assumptions about cops who shoot unarmed Black men) can blind one to greater complexities.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
Some of the movie’s visual flaws — like the malformed CGI snow in its opening scene — can be easily forgiven as a fairytale-like flourishes when a younger, homeless Hornclaw (Shin Si-ah) is taken in by a kindly restaurant owner who also claims to work in pest control.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety These malformed moments are practically endless.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Oct. 2024
Tonally, the story ends up halfway between malformed melodrama about inequity and a mystery steeped in respectability politics, wherein the point is how easily political allegiances (or assumptions about cops who shoot unarmed Black men) can blind one to greater complexities.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
Some of the movie’s visual flaws — like the malformed CGI snow in its opening scene — can be easily forgiven as a fairytale-like flourishes when a younger, homeless Hornclaw (Shin Si-ah) is taken in by a kindly restaurant owner who also claims to work in pest control.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malformed
Adjective
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The two-story Iowa City institution pulses with strong pours, cold beer and the gasp of raspy vocals and distorted riffs that rattle the floorboards.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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Wiles and Taylor had essentially unlocked a portal between disparate mathematical realms, revealing that each looks like a distorted mirror image of the other.—
Joseph Howlett,
Wired News,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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Her team then discovers something monstrous waiting for them.—
Rudie Obias,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
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Stephen Tobolowsky played the monstrous Mr. Bates, Anna's English teacher and Tess' former classmate, in Freaky Friday.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This stresses the plant and may lead to fewer or deformed flowers.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 July 2025
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The Mother is a deformed woman, the result of generations of inbreeding.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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“Malformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformed. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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