misshaped

Definition of misshapednext
past tense of misshape
as in distorted
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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Verb
  • Some of the new generation is riffing on that in trying to be as distorted as possible just for the sake of it.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Time in that video is completely distorted; events that are about to happen are referred to in the past tense.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 13 Mar. 2026
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  • The mountains themselves are too deformed to hold hydrocarbons.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Hadi tells an engaging story, brings complex and surprising characters to life, lends a locale an aesthetic iconography, and renders personal identity inextricable from the forces of history that shaped or deformed it.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
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  • Moments after Will Osula curled in the stunning winner for Newcastle United against Manchester United on Wednesday night, an old post on social media started to find its way onto the timelines of millions.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Calum Ritchie carried the puck into the Sharks’ zone, curled, and found a trailing Tony DeAngelo, who skated to his right and put a wrist shot on net that Askarov couldn’t handle with his glove as the Islanders took a 1-0 lead.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Misshaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misshaped. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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