misshaped

past tense of misshape
as in distorted
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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Verb
  • So much of what our protagonist experiences is distorted through levels of paranoia, hallucination or physical impossibility.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But the speakers broke up and distorted at this volume.
    Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The unmistakable signature of chilli thrips are blooms that look deformed, scorched, singed and burnt.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, his vocals have a kind of stately yet starry-eyed quality, giving structure to these deformed, cosmic beats from the internet abyss.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Ronny curled into the passenger seat and switched the track to a rolling-bass beat from Future.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The white beard, the twinkling eyes behind round spectacles, the mustache curled with wax at its ends are all real, all his.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Misshaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misshaped. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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