bastardized

adjective

bas·​tard·​ized ˈba-stər-ˌdīzd 

: altered from an original in a way that diminishes quality or legitimacy

a movie presenting a bastardized version of a classic novel

… the Italian and Chinese restaurants finally rid themselves of their first- and second-generation parochialism and their bastardized dishes tailored to supposed American tastes …

—Jay Jacobs

Examples of bastardized in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yes, after decades of threatening to unleash the Xenomorphs on Earth’s civilian population, the franchise finally went for it in the most bastardized way possible. —Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024

But it is offset by a conviction that a method for bringing the asset to the masses, even in a bastardized form, was a necessity. —Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024

Netflix It's been a good year for Stephen King fans who like movies, and an equally great year for Stephen King fans who like to whine about bastardized adaptations ruining the essence of their favorite intellectual properties. —Tom Philip, GQ, 25 Sep. 2017

The modern interpretation is, at best, a bastardized form of the art that likely once was. —Marc Snetiker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bastardized

• acclimatized
• actualized
• aerosolized
• alphabetized
• aluminized
• anaesthetized
• anesthetized
• annualized
• antagonized
• apologised
• apologized
• capitalised