malformed
/ˌmalˈfɔːmd
/adjective
1(Of a person or part of the body) abnormally formed; misshapen: her ribs are malformed...
- The thyroid gland, located in the neck, is sometimes malformed, or completely undeveloped.
- Not surprisingly, offspring from clutches with no malformed young survived significantly better than offspring from clutches in which young were malformed.
- Approximately 5,000 to 7,000 malformed infants were born to women who ingested thalidomide during pregnancy.
Synonyms
deformed, distorted, crooked, contorted, wry, misshapen, twisted, warped, out of shape, bent, bandy, skewed, asymmetrical, irregular, misproportioned, ill-proportioned, ill-shaped, disfigured, hunchbacked, abnormal, grotesque, monstrous;
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1.1Not conforming to a standard type: malformed web pages...
- The network checking fails to handle especially malformed network requests properly.
- In December we reported how a malformed text message could crash older mobiles.
- Application data is not considered, i.e., intentionally malformed packets are not necessarily noticed, assuming their IP headers can be read.
