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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  • 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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  • Lazzarini’s nine artworks on display, curated by John Ravenal, are convoluted and contorted, distorted into impossible shapes that challenge perception.
    — Kim Córdova, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Ramirez’s two classmates, an Asian woman and a white man, remained in the edited version, but they were changed to appear thinner, and their facial features were noticeably distorted.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Hochman said Zhang and Xuan often misrepresented themselves to the surrogate mothers of their children.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Meta, meanwhile, agreed last month to pay up to $17 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a host of states that alleged the company misrepresented the extent of child mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook and Instagram.
    — Jonathan Vanian,Ari Levy, CNBC, 23 Sep. 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
Verb
  • 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
  • In earlier elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and individual votes were routinely falsified, according to Brazil’s electoral authority.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of falsified
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  • The Bongulo Paneer — cooked in bamboo — with a coconut and capsicum poriyal blends peanut chutney with acidic gongura sour cream and fiery gunpowder.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some inmates also reportedly cooked him meals outside of the prison’s daily menu.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooked
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Definition of slanted
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