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
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  • Trump had campaigned on restricting birthright citizenship, arguing that the citizenship clause had been misinterpreted, and attended the April 2026 oral arguments in a first for a sitting president.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Anthropic reports 65% of its product team's code is AI-generated by Claude, a statistic often misinterpreted as broad automation.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of misinterpreted
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  • This shows once again how distorted his perception of reality is.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • This has distorted access not only to concert tickets but also to everyday services such as train ticket reservations.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 June 2026
Definition of distorted
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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.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Other videos also misrepresented the earnings users could have made on parallel bets, the Journal's report found.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of misrepresented
Verb
  • This article previously misstated details about the Faro Santander show.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026
  • An earlier version misstated the date.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 26 June 2026
Definition of misstated
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  • 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
  • The trucking company, which authorities say falsified the registration on the vehicle, also faces criminal charges, as two families attempt to rebuild their lives from what appear to be serious failures by the driver and company to operate safely.
    — J.D. Miles, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Definition of falsified
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  • Devin said her steak and eggs, cooked before the sun is up, are perfect.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • Yes, the menu includes Attilio Marini’s famous steak cooked in a cast iron skillet for crispiness on the outside and tenderness inside.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Definition of cooked
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  • 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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