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mistranslated

verb

past tense of mistranslate

as in misinterpreted

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Without a way to connect those relationships, critical context gets lost, or misinterpreted, at every handoff.

— Tom Dunlop, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
But in my experience, if used on its own to diagnose, it can be easily misinterpreted.

— Andrew McLean, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of misinterpreted

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Americans may disagree on solutions, but many share the belief that financial incentives have distorted the system beyond recognition.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Working from a plus-size model’s body as her starting point for pattern-making, silhouettes were subsequently distorted, creating a second layer that appeared to slip and warp around the body.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of distorted

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Policyholders and retirees have since filed lawsuits alleging that the insurers misrepresented their investments.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Officials said the filings misrepresented the number of employees and total wages paid, and were used to apply for large ERC and SFLC refunds.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of misrepresented

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An article on Wednesday about the repatriation of migrants to Malaysia misstated the United Nations’ position on whether the Rohingya community had suffered a genocide.

— New York Times, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated that fact.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of misstated

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According to Fleming, some people with anorexia have falsified their image using artificial intelligence or by submitting one of a friend or family member instead.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
In earlier local elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and paper ballots were routinely falsified, according to Brazil's electoral authority.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of falsified

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Grant has since cooked with seven families highlighted in To Die For, and has shared her pilgrimages to the gravesites with the goods themselves to pay respect.

— Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
While at Himmah Hub, the couple reunited with women who had cooked for families from London’s Grenfell Tower block, which was devastated by a huge fire in 2017.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

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The four Egyptians were never formally notified of the charges and never appeared in court, an anomaly that their lawyers said perverted the course of the trial.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Continue reading … HARD LEFT PIVOT — Newsom says Electoral College has 'perverted' US politics in fiery interview.

— , FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of perverted

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Deep Isolation’s concept could eventually use horizontal, vertical, or slanted underground repositories.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
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

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