as in distorted
badly or imperfectly formed
the returning camper proudly presented his mother with a misshapen clay bowl that he had made in crafts class
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Recent Examples of misshapen
Her nails were curled and misshapen, and had even started to grow back into her feet.
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Alina Hartounian, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
But director Dan Trachtenberg proves once again his monster movie credentials with bringing to life all manners of misshapen creations, digital or otherwise, that would be truly terrifying if ever released into existence.
—Steve Greene, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
The misshapen cells can block small blood vessels and impede blood flow, restricting the amount of oxygen in the blood stream.
—Unicef Usa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Fruit not outwardly aesthetically pleasing — misshapen or greenish — is removed by hand and sold elsewhere to become juice.
—Jack Randall, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Alina Hartounian, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
But director Dan Trachtenberg proves once again his monster movie credentials with bringing to life all manners of misshapen creations, digital or otherwise, that would be truly terrifying if ever released into existence.
—Steve Greene, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
The misshapen cells can block small blood vessels and impede blood flow, restricting the amount of oxygen in the blood stream.
—Unicef Usa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Fruit not outwardly aesthetically pleasing — misshapen or greenish — is removed by hand and sold elsewhere to become juice.
—Jack Randall, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misshapen
Adjective
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Higher wattages make louder and less distorted sounds possible without damaging the speaker.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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The software error could cause the review camera image to become distorted when the car is in reverse, the NHTSA says.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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King continued to dominate, finishing his freshman season at Florida with a monstrous 73 1/3 innings with 79 strikeouts and a 2.58 ERA.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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But queerness hits differently in Richard Fleischer’s pulsing thriller, starring Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman as the monstrous leading couple and Orson Welles as their lawyer.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Those outside the Lloyd Kaufman fan club may still be curious to see Peter Dinklage in the title role of a meek slob janitor who starts really cleaning up the city after an accident with radioactive waste transforms him into a deformed vigilante.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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The show, based on the video game franchise of the same name, is nearing the end of its second season, which takes place five years after the events of its first, decades after a viral fungus turned much of humanity into deformed, zombie-like creatures.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
11 May 2025
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“Misshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misshapen. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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