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ill-formed

ill-form
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [il fawrm]
    • /ɪl fɔrm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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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