misshapen
adjective
mis·shap·en
ˌmis-ˈshā-pən 
1
: having an ugly or deformed shape
It is, in fact, a homely and misshapen little gray airplane that looks like it was cobbled together in someone's garage.—
Patricia Trenner
Patricia Trenner2
: morally or intellectually deformed or distorted
misshapen ideas of justice
misshapenly
adverb
She has brought Trot, her mangy mongrel, with her. He lies misshapenly across her vast lap …
—John le Carré
John le Carré
misshapenness
noun
… masterpieces of dullness, misshapenness, and folly …
—Louis Simpson
Louis Simpson
Examples of misshapen in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The faux chef turns his knife upside down, raises the vegetable like an ax, and slams it into the blade over and over—proud as punch of his misshapen hunks.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 31 Mar. 2023
If the Barbie doll heats up, the plastic can soften and become misshapen.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
Daniel Bashir, a machine learning engineer and editor of an AI publication, said several of the images showed signs that they were produced by an AI image generator, including typos or misshapen letters in sections of text, which some image generators struggle to render.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
This is the safest sleep position but can result in misshapen heads that are flat on the sides or back of the head.
—Maria Carter, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
The misshapen Phobos measures roughly 17 by 14 by 11 miles across.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
And of course that makes for misshapen cookies that vary in size, which results in uneven bake time.
—Madeline Diamond, wsj.com, 19 Dec. 2023
The misshapen cells stick together in vessels and cut off blood flow and oxygen, causing extreme pain.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
Those misshapen hemoglobin proteins stick together in people with sickle cell, distorting the shape of red blood cells from a round shape to a sickle one that cannot flow through our blood vessels as easily.
—Janice Blanchard, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 31 Mar. 2023
If the Barbie doll heats up, the plastic can soften and become misshapen.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
Daniel Bashir, a machine learning engineer and editor of an AI publication, said several of the images showed signs that they were produced by an AI image generator, including typos or misshapen letters in sections of text, which some image generators struggle to render.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
This is the safest sleep position but can result in misshapen heads that are flat on the sides or back of the head.
—Maria Carter, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
The misshapen Phobos measures roughly 17 by 14 by 11 miles across.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
And of course that makes for misshapen cookies that vary in size, which results in uneven bake time.
—Madeline Diamond, wsj.com, 19 Dec. 2023
The misshapen cells stick together in vessels and cut off blood flow and oxygen, causing extreme pain.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
Those misshapen hemoglobin proteins stick together in people with sickle cell, distorting the shape of red blood cells from a round shape to a sickle one that cannot flow through our blood vessels as easily.
—Janice Blanchard, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
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“Misshapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misshapen. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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