bastardized

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So I do think, yeah, to a degree I bring stuff from that show into, certainly "Someone You Love," the bit that that is taken from is a kind of bastardized version of that sentiment.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023

Yet, both self-care and kindness have been bastardized, transformed into ways to sell things that don’t materially help anyone except the seller’s bank account and the buyer’s own ego.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2020

Officials have sort of bastardized the phrasing itself and use it to mean the opposite of what initially meant.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2020

Any outcome that displeases them is ipso facto a bastardized one.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2020

"Really?" the lover said, although Yolanda had already filled him in on her family and her bastardized name—Yo, Joe, Yoyo.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez