misshape

Noun

misshape (plural misshapes)

1. (obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body.
   • The one of them, that elder did appeare,
     With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew,
     That her mis-shape much helpt [...].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
2. A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price.
   • Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits
     Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.1995, Jarvis Cocker et al., Mis-Shapes

Verb

IPA/mɪsˈʃeɪp/

misshape (third-person singular simple present misshapes, present participle misshaping, simple past misshaped, past participle misshaped or (obsolete or poetic) misshapen)

1. (transitive) To shape badly or incorrectly.
   • Major Rawls drove us to our motel […] where a swimming pool with underwater lights had the disturbing effect of substantially enlarging and misshaping the swimmers.1989, John Irving, chapter 9, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1990, page 601