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distorted

[dih-stawr-tid] / dɪˈstɔr tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
crooked
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It’s a cracked mirror, with each fragment revealing a different, distorted image of the human psyche — and it’s really funny, too.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The principal themes, too, become distorted and recast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

These distorted poses were far from the lifelike models scientists wanted to produce.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

“They still are wrangling the underlying pass-through effects of higher tariffs, sticky services inflation, and a potentially distorted housing inflation rate,” Megan writes.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

The more massive the object that is sitting on the sheet, the more the sheet gets distorted, and the larger the dimple around that object.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife