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deformed

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de·formed  (d-fôrmd)
adj.
Distorted in form; misshapen.

deformed
Adjective
disfigured or misshapen
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Adj.1.deformed - 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"
unshapely - not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman"

deformed
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Spanish deformed [dɪˈfɔːmd] adjdeformado
French deformed [dɪˈfɔːmd] adjdifforme
German deformed [dɪˈfɔːmd] deform adjdeformiert, missgebildet
Italian deformed [dɪˈfɔːmd] adjdeforme

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We hear sometimes of an action for damages against the unqualified medical practitioner, who has deformed a broken limb in pretending to heal it.
Within its compartments a number of deformed monsters squatted upon their haunches, or lay prone upon the native mats that covered the floor.
She could not bear to think that he would grow up and forget, forget her utterly; and she had loved him so passionately, because he was weakly and deformed, and because he was her child.
 
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