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miscreation

noun

Definition of miscreationnext
as in malformation

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  1. malformation
  2. mutation
  3. anomaly
  4. mutant
  5. abnormality
  6. eccentric
  7. monster
  8. freak
Noun
  • Back in 2007, Cash underwent brain surgery following a Stage 1 Chiari malformation diagnosis.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Sixteen-year-old Quin Duncan is a varsity lacrosse player in Wilmington is relieved to be back on the field after a bout with arteriovenous malformation (AVM).
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Definition of malformation
Noun
  • Scientists analyze mutations in a patient’s tumor and create a personalized therapy designed to train the immune system to recognize and attack the cancer.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Someone living in Southern Appalachia today doesn’t necessarily carry the mutation, and someone who carries it may live anywhere, says LoPiccolo.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutation
Noun
  • Buckle up for Seven of Nine exploring a remote cluster of uncanny exoplanets, strange alien artifacts, long lost civilizations, and trippy paranormal anomalies.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Investors are upbeat, but the documents include an anomaly that might not signal an open-and-shut positive outcome for the company.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of anomaly
Noun
  • Why would anyone want to do this in a game about an angry, unkillable mutant with claws sharp enough to cut through space-time?
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutant
Noun
  • Both conditions are diagnosed using endoscopy, a procedure that lets doctors examine the esophagus and take biopsies to check for abnormalities.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Companies that know how to track their systems, spot changes and abnormalities and tie them to the people responsible for decision-making will be able to control risks without compromising innovation.
    — Ramachander Rao Thallada, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of abnormality
Noun
  • The public reckonings with these figures’ legacies—the troubled former child star gone too soon, the beloved icon, the cult favorite, the complicated eccentric—have come in a cascade.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Make sure to practice a full range of motion with these and emphasize the eccentric (the way down) part of the movement for maximal time under tension and muscle-building stimulus.
    — Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of eccentric
Noun
  • What kind of direction was Cregger giving you during the monster fight at the end?
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Based on the popular Capcom video games, Resident Evil stars Austin Abrams as Bryan, an outmatched medical courier who becomes trapped in a monster outbreak in Raccoon City during a single night of chaos and has to try to survive.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of monster
Noun
  • Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Correa tearing an ankle tendon in May during a freak batting practice accident quieted them.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of freak
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“Miscreation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscreation. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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