as in corrupted
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward
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Recent Examples of subverted
But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.
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Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
The novel has been adapted, riffed on, and subverted in hundreds of films from silent shorts to modern teen comedies.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
The show also subverted what the traditional mother-daughter relationship, and the role of a mother in general, can look like in the modern world.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Pat’s androgynous characteristics subverted gendered norms at time, but how is the character be perceived by contemporary audiences?
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, said the plan outlined subverted Congress's power outlined in the Constitution, controlling how government money is spent, according to Reuters.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
However, selection of data to encrypt must be done carefully, lest this method be subverted by AI or fall short of regulatory requirements.
—Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In practice, these verification processes are easily subverted by people with the will and technical know-how.
—Albert Fox Cahn, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
There are so many elements of genre that are mashed up in this, but there are so many elements that are also subverted.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
The novel has been adapted, riffed on, and subverted in hundreds of films from silent shorts to modern teen comedies.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
The show also subverted what the traditional mother-daughter relationship, and the role of a mother in general, can look like in the modern world.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Pat’s androgynous characteristics subverted gendered norms at time, but how is the character be perceived by contemporary audiences?
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, said the plan outlined subverted Congress's power outlined in the Constitution, controlling how government money is spent, according to Reuters.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
However, selection of data to encrypt must be done carefully, lest this method be subverted by AI or fall short of regulatory requirements.
—Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In practice, these verification processes are easily subverted by people with the will and technical know-how.
—Albert Fox Cahn, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
There are so many elements of genre that are mashed up in this, but there are so many elements that are also subverted.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subverted
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Some people think today’s pro athletes are too wealthy to be corrupted.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Files were easily lost or corrupted.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Wallin points out that half of the world’s GDP, amounting to $44 trillion, is directly dependent on nature, yet the essential systems that support economic stability continue to be degraded.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Ancient samples, degraded over centuries, often contain fragments too small for PCR to amplify.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His paws began to knuckle and his back legs weakened.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the GOP leaders, most rank-and-file Senate Republicans also oppose repealing the filibuster that’s been slowly weakened by both parties in recent decades for Executive Branch and judicial nominees.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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But just an hour later, the wife received a call from the home telling her that his condition had deteriorated and he was being sent to Hialeah Hospital.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The judge said the missing video could have shown whether deputies or medical staff had checked on Schuck or ignored him as his condition deteriorated.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After users online and public figures rushed to show solidarity to Miss Mexico, who many felt had been publicly humiliated, the Thai executive came out to apologize.—
Paula Soria,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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No woman, under any circumstance, deserves to be insulted or humiliated.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Notions had persisted that Brahe was poisoned to death with mercury, but later analyses of his bones and teeth disproved the idea.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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There’s often an arch detachment where the singer tries to pretend as though they haven’t actually been poisoned by being online themselves.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Among them was Eilene Oken, 38, who walked through what used to be her neighbourhood, only to find her home completely destroyed.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Just under two million Palestinians—virtually the entire population of Gaza—have been displaced since October 2023, many repeatedly, and Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of homes in the Strip.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Subverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subverted. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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