distortionary

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adjective

Capable of distorting.

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Meanings

adjectivedistortionary (comparative more distortionary, superlative most distortionary)

comparative more distortionary · superlative most distortionary

  1. Capable of distorting.
  2. Causing distortion, especially in prices.

    It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

    2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19

Origin

From distortion + -ary.

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Chicago

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