malformed — badly or wrongly formed; having an irregular or faulty structure
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: badly or wrongly formed; having an irregular or faulty structure
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌmælˈfɔːrmd/
Example Sentences
- The website kept crashing because of malformed HTML code written by an intern.
- The doctor explained that malformed bones could be corrected with surgery.
- My essay was rejected because of malformed sentences that made no sense.
malformed
ADJECTIVE[/ˌmælˈfɔːrmd/]
badly or wrongly formed; having an irregular or faulty structure
Badly shaped pottery with defects
What was malformed gets completely transformed!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Derived from Medieval Latin, combining mal- (meaning 'badly' or 'wrongly') with form (meaning 'to shape' or 'to form'). The term literally describes something that has been shaped or formed incorrectly, akin to a dish prepared from a flawed recipe.
Breakdown
mal- (badly, wrongly) + form (to shape, structure) + -ed (past participle adjective suffix).
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🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The website kept crashing because of malformed HTML code written by an intern.”
“The doctor explained that malformed bones could be corrected with surgery.”
“My essay was rejected because of malformed sentences that made no sense.”
“The malformed cookie made my browser display everything upside down.”
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