misshape

Etymology

From mis- + shape.

noun

  1. (obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body.
  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

  1. 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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