distorting

distorting

1. present participle and gerund of distort

distorting (comparative more distorting, superlative most distorting)

1. That distorts.
   • 2001, Karel Jan Vollers, Twist & build: creating non-orthogonal architecture, page 86:

     It's like looking in a distorting mirror at the fair.

   • 2008, House of Commons: Children, Schools and Families Committee, “Cambridge Assessment”, in Testing and Assessment: Oral and written evidence, volume 2, page 215:

     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.

   • 2010, Ross McKitrick, Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy, page 187:

     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.

• distorting mirror