as in distorted
badly or imperfectly formed
a clay sculpture of an eagle that was so malformed that it looked more like a feathered football
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Recent Examples of malformed
Some dog and cat breeds are genetically more likely to have issues with malformed eyelids, which causes the eyelashes to scrape against the corneas.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 July 2024
This fungus is not very damaging, and the galls (tumor-like malformed leaf tissue) can just be plucked off and thrown out.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Both had piercing blue eyes, inherited from their mother, Ella Friedman Oppenheimer, an artist with a malformed hand always hidden in a glove.
—Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
This attack vector requires a pretty significant hoop to jump through, which is installing an untrusted, malformed app.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2023
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 July 2024
This fungus is not very damaging, and the galls (tumor-like malformed leaf tissue) can just be plucked off and thrown out.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Both had piercing blue eyes, inherited from their mother, Ella Friedman Oppenheimer, an artist with a malformed hand always hidden in a glove.
—Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
This attack vector requires a pretty significant hoop to jump through, which is installing an untrusted, malformed app.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2023
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The track is a nearly motionless waltz, with dark ambient stirrings of distorted guitar, wafting toward relief or death.Jon Pareles, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump often presented distorted views of the health of the labor market, with the Democratic angle largely focusing solely on headline labor market growth and Trump mischaracterizing the gains solely as a pandemic rebound.Derek Saul, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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While many Batman fans will point to Carmine Falcone as a key villain, another is responsible for creating some truly monstrous figures in Batman's life.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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All told, this is not shaping up to be the monstrous class that was projected in some corners.Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Harnessing advanced manufacturing Charlotte, as a boat strike victim with air bubbles trapped under its deformed shell, was considered non-releasable and completely dependent on human care.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
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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.Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
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“Malformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformed. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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