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
  • Also, so much communication now takes place in text and email, where tone can be misinterpreted.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Lyonne was really open to the process and has been misinterpreted so much over the course of her life.
    — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of misinterpreted
Verb
  • In quiet spaces, cues on whether the ground is shaking are distorted by our expectations.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
  • If an object comes nearby, the shape of the field is distorted, which can be measured.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Polymarket allegations The probe comes after a June investigation by the Wall Street Journal uncovered that Polymarket paid online content creators to post videos that misrepresented their earnings from trades.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • We have been studied, tracked, misrepresented, and monetized by tools built without us and aimed at us.
    — Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 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and destroyed the martial law proclamation, and used security forces to obstruct his arrest before lawmakers swiftly repealed the decree.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
  • Asparagus Asparagus has a water content of about 92%, and doesn’t lose its water when cooked.
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2026
  • To make this gluten-free, replace the couscous with 1 1/2 cups cooked rice or quinoa, or skip the grains entirely and stir in 2 cups cauliflower rice with the peppers and beef.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 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
  • True, Francesca Hong hates America, Thanksgiving and most national holidays, and is anti-Israel and anything slanted to the true American ideals that made our country great.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Cars 2 and 3 also appear to be slanted downward, in contrast to the position of the rest of the vehicles.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of slanted
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