as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
a primitive culture that cast aside infants born with deformities, allowing them to die of exposure to the elements
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Recent Examples of deformity
One fan was producer Stuart Cornfeld, who worked with Mel Brooks, and eventually tapped Lynch to direct The Elephant Man, a drama based on the life of Joseph Herrick, an English artist with severe physical deformities.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
One display told the story of a young girl from Burma, Ma Myint Thein, who was born with deformities of her fingers and birthmarks across her back and neck.
—Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
For patients with severe spinal deformities, the quality-of-life burden for those living with kyphosis and scoliosis rivals those seen in oncology patients.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Mother cats may reject their kittens for several reasons, including illness and deformity.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
One display told the story of a young girl from Burma, Ma Myint Thein, who was born with deformities of her fingers and birthmarks across her back and neck.
—Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
For patients with severe spinal deformities, the quality-of-life burden for those living with kyphosis and scoliosis rivals those seen in oncology patients.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Mother cats may reject their kittens for several reasons, including illness and deformity.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deformity
Noun
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As you were informed, the size of the defect after surgery may necessitate additional removal of the healthy eye to close the area properly.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, the battery defect is a major culprit in depressing the value of 2019 I-Paces.—
Eric Bangeman,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Most of it came from an intense line of storms that plowed through the city in the late afternoon, triggering flash flood warnings in the city and its burn scars, including the Eaton and Palisades fire zones.—
Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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On an afternoon when the National Weather Service issued Flash Flood Warnings for Malibu, Topanga State Park and Pacific Palisades, an NBC News crew documented the unfortunate result of several inches of intense rain near the Palisades Fire scar.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Coronal holes may superficially appear to be similar to sunspots, as both appear as dark blotches on our star.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Both have gray-brown bodies with a smattering of lighter cream and darker brown blotches.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Deformity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deformity. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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