Definition of warpednext

warped

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verb

past tense of warp
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as in deformed
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit

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Recent Examples of warped
Adjective
The signal degrades at every step along this journey, and the guessers have to do their best with some pretty warped data. Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026 Googlers peppered the executives with anxious questions about whether products like YouTube were reinforcing warped beliefs and making the country more divided. Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Verb
Scarface doesn’t just bark orders at his underlings but browbeats the whimpering Ventriloquist, giving him that warped double personality that made older characters like Two-Face so alluring. Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 But with the college football ecosystem shifting around him, his circumstances for change are warped. Noah White, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warped
Adjective
  • Energy analysts have consistently cautioned that raising Venezuelan output meaningfully will take years and billions of dollars in repairs to degraded infrastructure.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • That matters because degraded land is not simply an environmental concern.
    Shooka Bidarian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In the twenty-tens, modern investigations made clear that the work was in danger of becoming distorted by this display, which would need to be redesigned.
    John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • However, landmasses are greatly distorted toward the poles, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere.
    Jewel Bright, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This may then seem like yet another story about how Trump has wrecked norms and corrupted the rule of law.
    James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The difference with those films is that all those guys came in corrupted by something or had something mentally going on.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Parts on Repkon machines deformed, leading a worker to discover that they were made with Chinese steel, possibly in violation of federal regulations.
    Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the characters are deformed in some way, though Williams does not adopt the language of disability to describe their particular experiences.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • Fascism and communism are political systems designed to benefit society’s most inadequate and corrupt.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026
  • This is the most corrupt administration in the history of America, and what corruption really is is stealing from my constituents.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Bohm’s lawsuit, which was filed in Philadelphia County on March 25, alleged Daniel and Lisa committed financial impropriety while running limited liability companies on his behalf and misrepresented their stakes in those entities.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The federal case was based on allegations the social media giant misrepresented the extent of child mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook and Instagram.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Economic data for July showed retail sales and urban investment both weakened, adding to pressure on Beijing to step up support for the remainder of the year.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • This view suggests that the sense of shame was collectively weakened by a series of self-interested actors who shattered the social firmament and opened up the gates to chaos.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Like her, Americans are also so tired of being screwed by an administration that’s not only grossly incompetent and cruel but corrupt as well.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • My husband recently screwed over his business partner by taking significantly more of the profit for himself.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Warped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warped. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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