misformatted
Badly laid out
Misformatted describes data, text, or files that have been formatted incorrectly or in a way that doesn't match expected standards.
A misformatted document might have wrong margins, inconsistent spacing, or garbled characters; misformatted data might use commas where tabs were expected.
The database rejected the upload because several date fields were misformatted.
The term is common in technical and computing contexts where precise formatting matters for proper processing.
Made impure or dishonest
- glitchedSuffered a technical fault
- buggyHorse-drawn cart
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- pixelatedComposed of visible squares
truncated · broken · mangled · malformed · distorted · unreadable · scrambled · encoded
corrupted
Made impure or dishonest
pixelated · truncated · broken · mangled · malformed · distorted · unreadable · scrambled · encoded · parsed
illegible
Cannot be read
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
scrambled · indented · aligned · spaced · wrapped · justified · hyphenated · tabbed · bulleted · numbered
corrupted
Made impure or dishonest
parsed · serialized · encoded · escaped · delimited · nested · structured · validated · sanitized · normalized
misformattedwell-formed
Structurally correct and complete
formatted · valid · clean · proper · conformant
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