misshapen
Example Sentences
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In a gangster movie we’d call it muscle: large men with misshapen heads who do the grunt work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Those "knobbly and misshapen potatoes" however are absolutely fine to eat, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
What rare fruit survived to maturity on these little, addled trees was misshapen, acrid, and stubbornly green on one end; in short, it tasted terrible.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
“Predator: Badlands” has a misshapen gait to it, like a comedy skit drawn out to feature length.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
She reaches down and removes her pumps, crimped and puckered now like her own skin, chalked and misshapen from the saltwater.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing misshapen
Wonder
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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