Ill-formed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Poorly formed.
  2. 2
    Not well-formed.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage wordnet

Synonyms

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ungrammatical

Example

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"We should admit to ourselves that this sentence is just ill-formed."

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ill-formedness

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