as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste
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Recent Examples of bastardized
But, like all good things, it has been bastardized to the point of not being worth your time.
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Our ideals have been bastardized.
—William Mersey, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Short’s personality and complexity, attributes long discarded as her life became bastardized, stand in stark contrast to the inhumanity of her death.
—Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The events meant to bring us together, like the Super Bowl or March Madness, have been bastardized into vehicles for ruinous addiction.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Our ideals have been bastardized.
—William Mersey, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Short’s personality and complexity, attributes long discarded as her life became bastardized, stand in stark contrast to the inhumanity of her death.
—Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The events meant to bring us together, like the Super Bowl or March Madness, have been bastardized into vehicles for ruinous addiction.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastardized
Verb
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Iran is now strategically strengthened, even though its military assets have been degraded.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Immune cells here degraded old and damaged red blood cells, accumulating iron from the hemoglobin for a short period.—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
Verb
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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.—
John Wall,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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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.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Verb
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The Constitution has been perverted in ways by administrations on both sides of the aisle to facilitate military action.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Organized sports can easily be perverted.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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But Raman — whose husband is veteran 30 Rock writer and producer Vali Chandrasekaran — has quietly subverted her showy target in a way befitting that series.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
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Last year, the struggle ended—or, at least, got subverted.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
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Since taking office in October 2024, President Prabowo Subianto has weakened the institutional guardrails that once constrained fiscal expansion and protected central‑bank independence.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Over the course of two summers, the Kings weakened the fulcrum of their roster by losing Matt Roy and Vladislav Gavrikov in free agency, then exacerbating matters by casting off Jordan Spence for a modest return.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
Verb
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And given the vast, existing economic heft of this year’s hosts — the US, Canada, and Mexico together represent about 30% of global GDP — any effect will be diluted further.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
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This depends on many different factors, including the type of bean, grind size, time spent brewing, and how the coffee is prepared or diluted.—
Christina Manian,
Health,
10 June 2026
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The attack, which has been linked to a threat actor tracked as TeamPCP, poisoned the durabletask package after compromising Microsoft credentials for publishing the package.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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Some believe that’s by design, that the show has been poisoned on purpose.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The bureau said in May that her condition had deteriorated and medical devices and medications were supporting her lung and kidney functions, AFP reported.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Prices have steadily climbed as the cattle herd shrank to its lowest levels in 75 years, while the prospects for rebuilding supplies have deteriorated in recent weeks.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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“Bastardized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastardized. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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