so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"
misshapen
How to use misshapen in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for misshapen.
Editorial note
Not all cases of myopia are caused by misshapen eyeballs.
Quick take
so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of misshapen gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for misshapen.
adjective
so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"
See also: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed
Example sentences
Not all cases of myopia are caused by misshapen eyeballs.
The defense argued that they weren't humans because they had 4 fingers and misshapen faces.
Is that a reason to step on every misshapen and imperfect sappling before it can turn into a tree?
I'm not a designer, but this seems horribly misshapen and unbalanced.
I wonder how on earth people got through life before we had the government protecting us from misshapen banananas.
That would be silly; you're assuming that because you're assuming I have misshapen lenses and / or am an idiot.
But I wouldn't envy their lives of eating cockroaches and moss and delivering misshapen children.
I wonder if one of the reasons for the Hubble mirror being misshapen was because personell were being pulled to work on CIA contracts?
The "Our SR Result" image looks fantastic, but it's obvious that it's false, because the tiles end up misshapen and unevenly spaced.
Sometimes I lose control and my mind generates horrifying faces or misshapen bodies.
Mutations are fairly common in agriculture; the misshapen produce is usually removed before it gets to you at a store.
Even if you need an extra key because of the pound symbol, you could just put it where the backslash/pipe key normally goes, instead of having a misshapen Enter key.
The article says: "The researchers studied mice with prion disease because these mouse models currently provide the best animal representation of human neurodegenerative disorders in which the build up of misshapen proteins is linked with brain cell death.
My father and uncles used to bring their deer every year to a professional butcher that produced beautiful cuts - butterflied rib, nice roasts, perfect steaks... But then.... I still remember the year they decided they could do it themselves and we had misshapen chunks of meat - Basically fist sized and smaller pieces of meat from wherever on the deer - for at least a few years until they got the hang of it.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use misshapen in a sentence?
Not all cases of myopia are caused by misshapen eyeballs.
What does misshapen mean?
so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"
What part of speech is misshapen?
misshapen is commonly used as adjective.