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ill-shapen

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adj.1.so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; as, an ill-shapen vase.
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Adj.1.ill-shapen - 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"
deformed, distorted, malformed, misshapen
unshapely - not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman"
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The old gold and silver coins of the country were of ancient and unknown origin, as a rule, but some of them were Roman; they were ill-shapen, and seldom rounder than a moon that is a week past the full; they were hammered, not minted, and they were so worn with use that the devices upon them were as illegible as blisters, and looked like them.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
I am not at all sure that the majority of the human race have not been ugly, and even among those "lords of their kind," the British, squat figures, ill-shapen nostrils, and dingy complexions are not startling exceptions.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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