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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
These claims are usually unsubstantiated, cause consumers to have a warped idea of an ideal pet diet, and cause health issues for their four-legged friends. Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025 All the while the wind howled without remorse, coercing the leafless limbs of maples and oaks into a kind of warped dance. Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024 But these warped stories conveyed the impression that southern slavery was a humane system of human relations year round. Robert E. May / Made By History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024 This Hubble image features Arp 122, a galaxy that actually comprises two vast galaxies colliding with each other—NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy at left, and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral galaxy at right. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for warped 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warped
Adjective
  • But there is a kind of romance to that degraded VHS.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
  • These pollutants then build up in a confined area, resulting in degraded air quality, which may affect people with and other health concerns.
    Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average, with a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 27, and the S&P 500 Index’s P/E at 24, are both distorted by tech stocks, such as Nvidia (NVDA).
    Lawrence Carrel, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Has that distorted the trajectory of his adult life?
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Many such stories also contain the suggestion, sometimes explicit, that the old civilization was unbearably corrupt and that its violent collapse was overdue.
    Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens, while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But ultimately, the Lakota were left voiceless and misrepresented.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Stores are not legally required to accept exchanges or give refunds unless the merchandise was defective or misrepresented.
    Rick Walz, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In a society where adults often come to work sick, teaching teens to take care of themselves is important.
    Maya Dollarhide, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Attorneys in the Pasadena courthouse, which remained open near the Altadena inferno, got sick and had to leave work, according to the president of the union that represents rank-and-file prosecutors.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Nothing could measure up to all that crooked darkness.
    Sam Thielman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • When the speedboat neared the pearly shore, a crooked line of hotel staff dressed in white and navy began to wave.
    Mary Holland, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The inside story of how this relationship deteriorated is worth a read.
    Chris Branch, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The increase in tests came as relations with the United States and its regional allies deteriorated and Pyongyang pulled closer to Russia.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Warped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warped. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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