"malformed" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌmælˈfɔːmd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmælˈfɔɹmd/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Etymology: From mal- + formed. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|formed}} mal- + formed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} malformed (not comparable)
  1. Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: deformed, misproportioned, misshapen Derived forms: malformedness, nonmalformed Translations (not formed correctly): деформиран (deformiran) (Bulgarian), epämuodostunut (Finnish), epämuotoinen (Finnish), deformiert (German), missgebildet (German), missgestaltet (German), 잘못된 (jalmotdoen) (Korean), dēfōrmis (Latin), vanskapt (Norwegian), misdannet (Norwegian), malformado (Portuguese), deformado (Portuguese), mal formado (Spanish), malformado (Spanish), malamente formado (Spanish), kusurlu (Turkish), özürlü (Turkish), sakat (Turkish)
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          "sense": "not formed correctly",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "not formed correctly",
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "missgebildet"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "missgestaltet"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "jalmotdoen",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "잘못된"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "dēfōrmis"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "lang_code": "no",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "vanskapt"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "lang_code": "no",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "misdannet"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "malformado"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "deformado"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "mal formado"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "malformado"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "malamente formado"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "kusurlu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
          "word": "özürlü"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "not formed correctly",
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        }
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    }
  ],
  "word": "malformed"
}
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        "Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed."
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          "deformed"
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      "word": "deformed"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "misshapen"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "lang_code": "bg",
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      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "деформиран"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "epämuodostunut"
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "epämuotoinen"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "deformiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "missgebildet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "missgestaltet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "jalmotdoen",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "잘못된"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "dēfōrmis"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "vanskapt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "misdannet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "malformado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "deformado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "mal formado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "malformado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "malamente formado"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "kusurlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "özürlü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "not formed correctly",
      "word": "sakat"
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  "word": "malformed"
}

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