misshaping 1 of 2

as in deformation
the twisting of something out of a natural or normal shape or condition the rear bumper suffered some pretty noticeable misshaping from the accident

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misshaping

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verb

present participle of misshape
as in distorting
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition a disease that she contracted during childhood caused her spine to become misshaped

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Noun
  • Regardless of views on climate change and global warming, the world's glaciers are increasingly retreating despite seasonal fluctuations and independent of natural glacial movement caused by factors like internal deformation.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But in 2020, based on an analysis of the deformation of Africa’s crust, Daly and his colleagues suggested the Okavango rift connects to a rift in Namibia, on the Atlantic coast.
    ByPaul Voosen, science.org, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Strong pay gains appear to be a holdout while other Covid-era distortions fade, Elyse Ausenbaugh, head of investment strategy at JPMorgan Wealth Management, wrote in commentary issued Friday.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
  • To be sure, this report, written under the guise of international law and human rights, is utterly baseless, replete with malicious lies and gross distortions of fact, as well as wholesale fabrications of law.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In their closing minutes, the Gothams threw a curveball by awarding Best Feature to A Different Man, a dark dramedy about an actor with a facial deformity that had otherwise been entirely shut out.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Or where using human labor means repetitive stress, deformity and injury, such as in many industrial tasks.
    Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Moments later, the forward picked the ball up on the edge of the box before curling a left-footed shot into the bottom corner of the net to make it 6-0.
    Ben Church, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Smoke curling from the engine compartment of the lead Ukrainian tank hinted that the vehicle had suffered some damage.
    David Axe, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Misshaping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misshaping. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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