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
This fungus is not very damaging, and the galls (tumor-like malformed leaf tissue) can just be plucked off and thrown out.
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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
Mail crashes on launch after receiving a malformed email.
—Yoni Heisler, BGR, 18 Oct. 2022
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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
Mail crashes on launch after receiving a malformed email.
—Yoni Heisler, BGR, 18 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malformed
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Some fans say folk purists were booing because Dylan was playing electric, while others say the ruckus was merely over the distorted sound.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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The clip, with its booming, distorted bass, went viral and quickly racked up almost 9 million uses on the platform.Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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On the other side lies the Harkonnen, a family of ruthless despots led by the sadistic Beast Rabban (Dave Bautista), the monstrous Baron Vladimir (Stellan Skarsgård), and the ambitious Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler), who represent the manifestation of corruption, violence and greed.Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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But the stock could face pushback from here after its monstrous run, according to some Wall Street firms.Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 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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In reality, however, the root cause of violence in the Sahel’s apparently lawless areas is neither the absence nor the inefficacy of state institutions but the presence of violent and deformed ones.Nathaniel K. Powell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
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“Malformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformed. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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