MALFORMED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

malformed

adjective

ˌmal-ˈfȯrmd

Definition of malformed

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 Ina Park, a spokeswoman for the expo’s Korean pavilion, was eager to introduce Balance Grow’s Fried Calamari Snack, which looked like slightly malformed Utz Potato Stix. — J.m. Hirsch, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 Now imagine that instead of writing tweets, a malformed AI model would be producing military advice or making military decisions. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026 The Port of San Diego is promoting a fundraiser supporting a Harbor Police officer recovering from a medical emergency caused by malformed blood vessels in his brain. — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025 Legacy filters looking for malware or malformed links see nothing amiss. — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for malformed

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La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
The most fateful night of my protagonist’s life—the night when her childhood best friend disappears on a black-sand beach—leaves her with a distorted recollection of what really happened.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorted

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But over the course of numerous sequels and reboots, the franchise largely shifted away from resonant character drama in favor of high-octane action sequences and increasingly monstrous beasts.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
At the end of his 1973 Atlantic essay, Schlesinger suggested that corruption came to the White House in 50-year cycles, like monstrous cicadas.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of monstrous

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Such weather favored flowering, and Chow responded by pruning to prevent deformed or small fruit while stepping up watering and fertilization because of the heat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Courtesy of David Bradshaw One of Bradshaw's primary concerns is parasitic mites, which can weaken or kill honeybees and transmit deadly diseases like deformed wing virus.

— Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 July 2026

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