malformed

[ mal-fawrmd ]

/ mælˈfɔrmd /

faultily or anomalously formed.

Origin of malformed

First recorded in 1810–20; mal- + formed

misshapen, deformed, distorted, contorted.

Fig. 89 shows three malformed teeth, each coated and completely united.

Degeneracy |Eugene S. Talbot
His right arm is malformed, and only a very strong man, with two strong arms, could have performed that feat.

The Shrieking Pit |Arthur J. Rees
When perfect it had been malformed, for it curved downwards and not upwards, also rather out to the right.

The Ivory Child |H. Rider Haggard
Her heart was heavy because of the child, almost as if it were unhealthy, or malformed.

Sons and Lovers |David Herbert Lawrence

Looking closely at this beaten trail, he saw that the footprints were large and that one paw of the bear was malformed.

Bears I Have Met--and Others |Allen Kelly

malformed

[ măl-fôrmd′ ]

Abnormally or faultily formed.