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misshape

[mis-sheyp, mish-]

verb (used with object)

misshaped, misshaped, misshapen, misshaping. 
  1. to shape badly or wrongly; deform.



misshape

verb

  1. to shape badly; deform

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something that is badly shaped

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of misshape1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; mis- 1, shape
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Example Sentences

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“No no no!” she teased her son, watching him misshape a dumpling.

Inaccurate data could misshape the public’s perception of the state of the pandemic, say experts.

Sure, I am OK to sweat under bright lights and have a heavy-mic pack permanently misshape the waistband of a skirt, but, reader, only if it’s worth it.

“Downgrades were for misshape on the top due to the wind. Good line in between. He must have listened up.”

A dream sequence late in the script is almost certainly a structural bungle, and passages in which characters state their claims too blatantly misshape individual scenes.

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