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View synonyms for ill-formed
ill-formed
[ il-fawrmd ]
adjective
- badly formed.
- Linguistics. not conforming to the rules of a given language; ungrammatical ( well-formed ).
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Other Words From
- ill-form·ed·ness [il, -, fawr, -mid-nis, -, fawrmd, -], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ill-formed1
First recorded in 1665–75
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Example Sentences
Most of the ‘m’ and ‘n’ formations are what graphologists call “ill formed,” with little definition.
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Of all animals, not even the toad and tortoise excepted, this poor ill-formed creature is the most tenacious of life.
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But the most effective barrier standing between you and them is ill-formed manners.
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Why should the printers have to work overtime because my letters are ill-formed and my words run into each other?
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Fear is also a relic of animalism, and a child of selfishness—a deformed child of an ill-formed parent.
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If this were a squat, ill-formed proletarian race obviously predestined to subjection, one might understand.
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