as in degraded
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
tired of his sick jokes and warped sense of humor
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as in distorted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text
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as in corrupted
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
claims that violent movies warp the values of our young people
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as in deformed
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit
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Recent Examples of warped
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
There’s a kind of warped ecosystem in the other world—some elements can be traced back to Parsons’ Backrooms content on YouTube and the digital folklore that preceded it, but the monster is a new, intriguing creation.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
Specifically, the spacetime warped by the MACS J046 clusters magnifies light traveling from LAP1-B toward Earth by roughly 100-fold.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Adjective
So, the team factored in things like uneven rails, warped tables, inconsistent rebounds, power supply dips, and camera latency.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
There’s a kind of warped ecosystem in the other world—some elements can be traced back to Parsons’ Backrooms content on YouTube and the digital folklore that preceded it, but the monster is a new, intriguing creation.
—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Verb
The station’s broadcast becomes warped by a mysterious signal hidden deep beneath the city’s subway system.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
Specifically, the spacetime warped by the MACS J046 clusters magnifies light traveling from LAP1-B toward Earth by roughly 100-fold.
—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Faster delivery with degraded quality just accelerates technical debt and erodes user trust.
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Her days are spent growing coral fragments in nurseries, cleaning restoration structures, managing coral predators and transplanting coral onto degraded reefs.
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This has distorted access not only to concert tickets but also to everyday services such as train ticket reservations.
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With a staggering 70 shades (an upgrade from an already impressive 55 shades) and longer-wearing color pigments that don’t get distorted after a few hours, finding your shade match is a breeze.
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Systems must remain safe not only when components fail naturally, but when data is corrupted, communication is interrupted or execution is violated.
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And then Grisebach uses that distaff twist once again, to comment more broadly on the patriarchal nature and gendered violence of power structures corrupted by historical conflict.
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Some cells were mechanically deformed to simulate incidents such as minor parking impacts.
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Habermas was well aware of how the internet had deformed his beloved public sphere.
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In reality, leaders on both sides are corrupt and always on the edge of disaster.
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My career actually focuses on bonding and preventing taxpayers from being on the hook for the failures of bankrupt and corrupt companies.
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Federal prosecutors alleged Holmes knowingly misrepresented the capabilities of Theranos technology and misled investors about the company's financial condition, partnerships, and laboratory capabilities.
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Other videos also misrepresented the earnings users could have made on parallel bets, the Journal's report found.
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Yet finance, policy certainty and infrastructure weakened for the first time in more than a decade.
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Internal fractures, economic decline and public frustration have weakened the movement and opened a new chapter of uncertainty.
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Either Cody or Gunther wins because Sami gets screwed; Zayn will then further descend into madness and attack someone after the bell.
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With Dumb Money, also directed by Gillespie, Rogen played businessman Gabe Plotkin, who got screwed in the GameStop stock drama.
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“Warped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warped. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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