malformed

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   formed abnormally or with an incorrect shape or structure

   The scan revealed a malformed blood vessel near the patient's heart.

2. 2
   adj

   constructed in a way that does not follow the required format or rules

   The server rejected the malformed request before processing it.

Formed from mal-, 'badly or wrongly,' and formed. The anatomical sense describes abnormal physical development; technical fields later adopted the same compositional idea for data or expressions built in an invalid structure.

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