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
The new map was like a jigsaw puzzle, with one district resembling a misshapen salamander.
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Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
Focus on removing crossing, touching, weak, or misshapen branches that grow upwards or downwards into other layers, and remove twiggy, spindly growth down the trunk.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 18 Jan. 2026
When not in use, keep your wool sweaters folded, and avoid hanging them, which can cause misshapen impressions or stretch out the shoulders.
—Kevin Gray, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
Published in 2009, this story features a tall scarecrow figure with a misshapen Halloween pumpkin for a head.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
Focus on removing crossing, touching, weak, or misshapen branches that grow upwards or downwards into other layers, and remove twiggy, spindly growth down the trunk.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 18 Jan. 2026
When not in use, keep your wool sweaters folded, and avoid hanging them, which can cause misshapen impressions or stretch out the shoulders.
—Kevin Gray, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
Published in 2009, this story features a tall scarecrow figure with a misshapen Halloween pumpkin for a head.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misshapen
Adjective
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By 1996, every band with a guitar felt the pressure to crank its amps as loud as possible, and even indie pop fans heard the clean jangle of prior years give way to the distorted crunch and Psychocandy worship of bands like Black Tambourine and Henry’s Dress.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Transcription’s third section, in certain respects a distorted mirror of the first, is somehow even more about dads and Apple products.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But the movie's radical makeovers of the ethereal Ariel and monstrous Caliban offer rather more justification for the movie's status as a bona fide sci-fi classic.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Sayell and drummer Jack Egglestone sound monstrous here, the late Steve Albini still seemingly present a quarter-century after producing and engineering Do Dallas.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Central Park, for instance, has been reduced to a small, deformed square.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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As a result, his vocals have a kind of stately yet starry-eyed quality, giving structure to these deformed, cosmic beats from the internet abyss.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Misshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misshapen. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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