malformed
adjective
mal·formed
ˌmal-ˈfȯrmd 
: characterized by malformation : badly or imperfectly formed : misshapen
Examples of malformed in a Sentence
a clay sculpture of an eagle that was so malformed that it looked more like a feathered football
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The third cub — a female — was found to have a malformed shoulder and elbow, likely congenital, as well as a bullet embedded in her front paw, Thompson said.
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
The staffer adds in the video that only one of the snake's heads has eaten so far, and the East Bay Vivarium believes the non-eating head has a malformed esophagus.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 May 2025
Seven goats became pregnant; six had miscarriages, but one kid was born—with a malformed lung.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Tonally, the story ends up halfway between malformed melodrama about inequity and a mystery steeped in respectability politics, wherein the point is how easily political allegiances (or assumptions about cops who shoot unarmed Black men) can blind one to greater complexities.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
The staffer adds in the video that only one of the snake's heads has eaten so far, and the East Bay Vivarium believes the non-eating head has a malformed esophagus.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 May 2025
Seven goats became pregnant; six had miscarriages, but one kid was born—with a malformed lung.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Tonally, the story ends up halfway between malformed melodrama about inequity and a mystery steeped in respectability politics, wherein the point is how easily political allegiances (or assumptions about cops who shoot unarmed Black men) can blind one to greater complexities.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Malformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malformed. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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malformed
adjective
mal·formed
(ˈ)mal-ˈfȯ(ə)rmd
: marked by malformation : badly or imperfectly formed : misshapen
Medical Definition
malformed
adjective
mal·formed
(ˈ)mal-ˈfȯ(ə)rmd
: characterized by malformation : badly or imperfectly formed
a malformed limb
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