: distorted or unshapely in form : misshapen
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his first sculpture looked more like a deformed rabbit than a galloping horse
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In the interview, Northam was discussing legislation in Virginia and a hypothetical situation in which a mother’s life was in danger during delivery involving a severely deformed or non-viable fetus.
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Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
In reality, however, the root cause of violence in the Sahel’s apparently lawless areas is neither the absence nor the inefficacy of state institutions but the presence of violent and deformed ones.
—Nathaniel K. Powell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
Babies infected in the womb can be born in excruciating pain, with deformed bones, brain damage or other serious complications.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
Infants that survive can suffer from deformed bones, excruciating pain or brain damage, and some struggle to hear, see or breathe.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2024
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Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
In reality, however, the root cause of violence in the Sahel’s apparently lawless areas is neither the absence nor the inefficacy of state institutions but the presence of violent and deformed ones.
—Nathaniel K. Powell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
Babies infected in the womb can be born in excruciating pain, with deformed bones, brain damage or other serious complications.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
Infants that survive can suffer from deformed bones, excruciating pain or brain damage, and some struggle to hear, see or breathe.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2024
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deformed
adjective
de·formed
di-ˈfȯ(ə)rmd, dē- 
: misshapen especially in body or limbs
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