MISSHAPEN


Meaning of MISSHAPEN in English

“+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from mis- (I) + shapen, past participle of shapen to shape

1. : having an ugly or deformed shape

the tree … dwarfed and misshapen by repeated stripping of its branches — American Guide Series: New Jersey

a very little oldish, spinsterish, thin, misshapen , stooping woman — Arnold Bennett

2. : morally or intellectually deformed or distorted

the system of representation had become so misshapen that a new theory had arisen to give constitutional sanction to existing methods — V.L.Parrington

misshapen ideas of justice

• mis·shap·en·ly adverb

• mis·shap·en·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.