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Dictionary: mis·shape   (mĭs-shāp') pronunciation
tr.v., -shaped, -shaped, or -shap·en (-shā'pən), -shap·ing, -shapes.
To shape badly; deform.

misshapenly mis·shap'en·ly adv.
misshaper mis·shap'er n.

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verb

    To alter and spoil the natural form or appearance of: contort, deform, disfigure, distort, twist. See beautiful/ugly.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: v. - To form incorrectly.

Tutor's tip: The teen's "mishap" (misfortune or accident) managed to "misshape" (to provide a wrong or bad shape or form to an object) her father's car beyond repair.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
  Synonyms: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - deform, misdannet, uformelig

Français (French)
adj. - difforme, déformé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mißgestaltet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δύσμορφος, παραμορφωμένος, μισερός
v. - παραμορφώνω

Italiano (Italian)
deforme

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - disforme
v. - deformar

Русский (Russian)
уродливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - deforme, contrahecho

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - missbildad
v. - vanskapa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
造型不佳的, 畸形的, 残缺的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 造型不佳的, 畸形的, 殘缺的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 형태가 이상한, 보기에 좋지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不格好な, 奇形の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מושחת צורה, מעוות‬


 
 
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