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The Collaborative International Dictionary
ill-shapen

ill-shapen \ill-shapen\ adj. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; as, an ill-shapen vase.

Syn: deformed, distorted, malformed, misshapen.

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ill-shapen

adj. 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" [syn: deformed, distorted, malformed, misshapen]

Usage examples of "ill-shapen".

Furthermore he was ugly and ill-shapen, and so great a fop that he was not ashamed to relate the story of his conquests in France and Italy.