malformed
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5.8
- adjective
- /mælˈfɔrmd/
- Actually, Matthew had a cluster of malformed veins in the occipital lobe of his brain, but they did not know about it until much later.
- malformed ear
- small and malformed
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- So sperm, if they don't, if they're not well nourished a, they can be malformed so they actually don't look like sperm.
- And so this world is created by Yadabaot, this malformed ignorant being who is the God of the Old Testament.
Examples
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I still remember your first piece... you came out of class carrying this... lumpy, malformed deflated volleyball thing.
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Nevertheless, it is not necessary for the surgeon to approach a congenitally malformed ear with the fear that "You never know where the facial nerve is going to be."
Academic text (2003) -
Microtia describes a congenitally small and malformed external ear.
Academic text (2014) -
The malformed face stares dumbly back at him as he fights to shape the nose.
Fiction book (1995) -
When one of Hutchinson's followers delivered a stillborn and malformed child, the rumor quickly spread that there was witchcraft involved.
Academic text (1992) -
The Medicare statute contains a general coverage prescription that items or services which "are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member" are not covered.
Academic text (2018) -
After creating an ear canal and removing the atresia plate, the surgeon identified the moderately malformed ossicles.
Academic text (2003) -
The mutations are associated with a syndrome involving eye malformations (optic nerve colobomas), VUR, and small, malformed kidneys.
Academic text (2000) -
The doctor explained that the baby was born with a malformed heart, requiring immediate surgery.
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The sculpture was considered remarkable despite its malformed structure, showing the artist's unique vision.
Synonyms
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4.6
Having a shape that is not normal and often looking ugly
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4.4
Twisted out of shape so it looks ugly or unnatural
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4.7
Not the normal shape and often looking ugly
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8.5
Not in a regular or attractive form
Antonyms
How Deformed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word malformed combines the prefix mal- meaning 'bad' and form meaning 'shape' or 'to make', and you see mal- in familiar words like malfunction or malnutrition. So malformed literally means 'badly shaped', which is why we use it for something that is not formed correctly.