Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [il fawrm]
- /ɪl fɔrm/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [il fawrm]
- /ɪl fɔrm/
Definitions of ill-formed word
- adjective ill-formed badly formed. 1
- adjective ill-formed Linguistics. not conforming to the rules of a given language; ungrammatical (opposed to well-formed). 1
- adjective ill-formed badly formed and ungrammatical 0
- adjective ill-formed Poorly formed. 0
- adjective ill-formed (linguistics, computing) Not well-formed. 0
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Origin of ill-formed
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1665-75
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ill-formed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ill-formed popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for ill-formed
adj ill-formed
- abnormal — Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- amorphous — Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- baggy — If a piece of clothing is baggy, it hangs loosely on your body.
- deformed — disfigured or misshapen
Antonyms for ill-formed
adj ill-formed
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- grammatical — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
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