misshapen

comparative more misshapen · superlative most misshapen · alternative mis-shapen · alternative mishapen

1. Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed; ill-shapen.

   Synonyms: misproportioned

2. broadlyfigurativelyMorally or intellectually warped.

present singular third person misshapens · participle present misshapening · participle past misshapened · past misshapened · alternative mis-shapen · alternative mishapen

1. transitiveSynonym of misshape.

   Large barrel sponges are misshapened by the strong currents

   2005, Solomon Baksh, Trinidad & Tobago (Macmillan Caribbean Dive Guides), Oxford, Oxon: Macmillan Caribbean, →ISBN, page 71

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   If the feet are well shaped but have some weakness, they will ultimately give way under the strain of use and lose their natural shape, often becoming distorted. This, of coarse, results in the distortion of the shoe. Few persons realize to what extent shoes are misshapened by defective feet.

   1924 January 4, William M[athias] Scholl, “Ten Simple Exercises to Help Strengthen Your Feet”, in The Mexia Daily News, volume XXVI, number 3, Mexia, Tex., page five, column 1

   Skin the fish before cooking since the skin shrinks as it cooks and misshapens the fillets.

   1997, Kay Pastorius, Cruising Cuisine: Fresh Food From the Galley, Camden, Me.: International Marine, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, →ISBN, page 87, column 2

   Synonyms: misshape