mistranslated

verb

past tense of mistranslate
as in misinterpreted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistranslated
  1. misinterpreted
  2. distorted
  3. misrepresented
  4. misstated
  5. falsified
  6. cooked
  7. perverted
  8. slanted
Verb
  • The vessel was out of Stockton, and bystanders misinterpreted steam coming from it as smoke, officials said.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • When ovulation occurs later, testing can occur too early, leading to results that may be misinterpreted in clinical practice.
    — Matt Emma, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of misinterpreted
Verb
  • More work needed But with the breaks, these phonons are scattered, atomic bonds are distorted, and the whole lattice is changed so that heat can’t travel easily.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • Some call it life-altering, with out-of-body experiences, incredibly vivid hallucinations, distorted time perception, and… encounters with mysterious entities.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 July 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Abernethy specifically accused Carlson of numerous episodes of unprofessional conduct while alleging both swim coaches fostered conflict and misrepresented facts to school officials, including a campaign of false accusations against her.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • If she is later found to have misrepresented her finances, the full amount will immediately become due.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of misrepresented
Verb
  • Busfield’s team filed a motion on June 18 asking the court to throw out the indictment, arguing that the prosecution did not present a fair and impartial case and misstated the law to the grand jury.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Correction, July 14 The original version of this story misstated where Hanson appeared in Titanique.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of misstated
Verb
  • Justices found Yoon violated Cabinet members’ deliberation rights, falsified and destroyed the martial law proclamation, and used security forces to obstruct his arrest before lawmakers swiftly repealed the decree.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Yet under the Third Circuit’s rule, a taxpayer may remain vulnerable long after records have disappeared and witnesses are unavailable, if a preparer intentionally falsified a return.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of falsified
Verb
  • From her home in Sedley, Virginia, Dot skinned, blanched, cooked, and packaged her signature nuts.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
  • Once that’s cooked for a bit, whisk in chicken broth or water and either frozen or canned mixed vegetables.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026
Definition of cooked
Verb
  • More important to Bernstein is what that lust reveals about her characters’ deepest needs, specifically how their need to care and be cared for can be as easily perverted as any other form of desire.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
  • Georgia Bernstein’s unsettling directorial debut focuses on how warped and perverted those desires become when they’re taken to their insatiable extremes.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of perverted
Verb
  • Despite those altruistic goals, from the beginning, the commission faced criticism that the composition and agenda of the body were slanted toward a conservative Christian perspective.
    — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Always slanted in one direction, of course.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of slanted
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