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ill-formed

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɪlˈfɔːmd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(il′fôrmd′)

ill-formed (il′fôrmd′),USA pronunciation adj.

Linguisticsbadly formed.
Linguisticsnot conforming to the rules of a given language; ungrammatical (opposed to well-formed).

1665–75

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unshapen - well-formed

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