as in to distort
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
a disease that she contracted during childhood caused her spine to become misshaped
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Recent Examples of misshape
Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2023
The misshapen hemoglobin misshape the cells.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 19 Dec. 2022
Do not store your menstrual cup in an air-tight container: A lack of air can actually damage and misshape the cup.
—Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
Verb
That’s a surefire way to bend the brim and otherwise misshape it.
—Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2023
The misshapen hemoglobin misshape the cells.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 19 Dec. 2022
Do not store your menstrual cup in an air-tight container: A lack of air can actually damage and misshape the cup.
—Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misshape
Verb
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What’s reflected may still be distorted, but at least the mirror is now a little less foggy.—
Diana Spehar,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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By distorting Judaism to minimize, or even erase, the Jewish connection to Israel, JVP seeks to undermine one of the most sacred tenets of our faith and identity.—
Chai Posner,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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When those scores disappear, admissions officers must rely on metrics that are less standardized — and more vulnerable to distortion.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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But Trump has gone much further, attacking the very notion of an independent news media, one that will refute his distortions.—
Natalie Proulx,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Mina and Sade are witnesses not only to each other but also to the conditions that formed and deformed their dreams.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Elevations like underwater mountains, having a larger mass and a stronger gravitational pull, slightly deform the sea surface above them.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Of all of his character defects, loyalty is not one of them.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
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Joshua Burnett, a construction defect lawyer in the Tampa Bay area, has two such cases moving through the courts now.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Research has connected phthalates with reproductive problems, such as genital malformations and undescended testes in baby boys and lower sperm counts and testosterone levels in adult males.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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The model had been battling arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a rare brain condition.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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What’s left is still good quality leather, despite natural irregularities, small defects or being too small to be used.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Legacy and ever-new electoral irregularities are a major reason chavismo continues to rule Venezuela.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Markets test Trump As stocks whipsawed this month, volatility gripped Treasuries and the dollar broadly weakened, leaving investors wondering whether this was just a bout of extreme abnormality or a foreshadowing of more turmoil to come.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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Why Did the Aztec Empire's Headdress of Montezuma End Up in Vienna? Representing Ancient Society There was a clear choice to present someone who had some sort of abnormality, which could mean a number of things, says Cook.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Misshape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misshape. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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