distorting
/dɪstˈɔɹtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That distorts.
Example Sentences
- "It's like looking in a distorting mirror at the fair."
- "However, the procedure has been applied only to those below the threshold and who might move up, and not to those just above, who might move down. This has had a very distorting effect on the distributions."
- "This is somewhat counter-intuitive, and indeed goes against the double-dividend argument that in economies with very distorting tax systems we should raise pollution taxes and lower other taxes."
Inflected Forms
more distorting (comparative)
most distorting (superlative)