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misshaped

misshaped is the simple past and past participle of misshape.

Meaning of misshape

Verb

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

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Words that rhyme with misshaped

Questions about misshaped

What is misshaped the simple past and past participle of?
Misshaped is the simple past and past participle of misshape.

Words near misshaped in the dictionary

  1. misshaded
  2. misshades
  3. misshading
  4. misshadings
  5. misshape
  6. misshaped
  7. misshapen
  8. misshapened
  9. misshapening
  10. misshapenly
  11. misshapenness

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