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bastardized

bastardized

7.7
Changed from the original so it is worse and not like it
  • adjective
  • /ˈbæstərˌdaɪzd/
  • NSFW
: bastardizado
  • Many people consider the new recipe a bastardized form of traditional Italian cooking.

The kids have to go to religious school and be trained with whatever they they whatever they view as this bastardized religion.

Examples

  • His painting combines elements from different styles, resulting in a bastardized artwork that some critics find unappealing.

  • The film is a bastardized version of the classic novel, lacking the depth of the original.

  • The kids have to go to religious school and be trained with whatever they they whatever they view as this bastardized religion.

    Julian Dorey

  • I want to say our bastardized American spelling is RUMINRNAN.

  • So all the sword work was pretty much samurai work, you know, but bastardized into medieval times.

  • Rumen I I want to say our bastardized American spelling is RUMIN or MAN.

  • I get that we can't overdo the, you know, now sort of bastardized fruit, but how much variety do I need to not be malnutritioned on a vegetarian diet?

  • I get that we can't overdo the, you know, now sort of bastardized fruit, but how much variety do I need to not be malnutritioned on a vegetarian diet?

Synonyms

derivative
vsbastardized
26 7.2

Very similar to another person's work and not original

is altered by mixing sources and seen as less authentic

Antonyms

original
∞ 2.8

Not a copy and existing as the first form

authentic
218 3.8

Something that is real and trustworthy, not a fake

How Altered

ruined
1 3.1
corrupted
5.3
bastardized
  • NSFW
7.7
modified
3.9
original
∞ 2.8

Surface Forms

bastardized positive

Morphology

bastardized = bastardize (semi-transparent) = bastard + ize + ed

Forming an adjective by adding -ed to the verb 'bastardize' is a regular, readily understood process.

Etymology

Bastardized comes from bastard, which once meant someone 'born outside marriage' and then began to describe things that are mixed or not 'pure'. So to call a version bastardized is to say it has been changed or mixed from the original and has lost its original quality.