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There is a lone pair.It repels bond and shape become trigonal pyramidal.

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Ammonia (NH3) has a pyramidal shape because of its sp3 hybridization. The lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom repels the bonding pairs, causing the molecule to adopt a trigonal pyramidal geometry.

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