distorted picture

collocation in English

meaningsofdistortedandpicture

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distorted
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɔː.tɪd/us
/dɪˈstɔːr.t̬ɪd/
pulled into or appearing as a strange or ...
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picture
noun
uk
/ˈpɪk.tʃər/us
/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
a drawing, painting, ...
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(Definition ofdistortedandpicturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdistorted picture

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Because of these various omissions, his characterization of the minimalist program in this section provides a somewhatdistortedpicture.
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Their experience added to the incomplete ordistortedpictureof the region, gradually rolling back the frontier of geographical awareness.
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At best, cost-benefit analysis can provide only adistortedpictureof the desirability of government action in achieving those ends.
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It shows that to give primacy to generalized theoretical statements and to neglect project policies would be to provide an incomplete anddistortedpictureof the circulation of development knowledge.
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But this can give adistortedpicture.
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This is all the more desirable given that all existing economic and historical studies up to 1990 have obviously presented a positivelydistortedpictureof the economic situation.
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However, including only the cost of care as a negative social value of a child with trisomy 21 provides adistortedpictureof the net benefits of screening.
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The result is a simplified and historicallydistortedpictureof genes and language that may serve to reinforce racist and nationalistic interpretations from people with such interests.
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Off-balance-sheet accounting too often means keeping relevant information from public scrutiny and so giving adistortedpictureof a company's profits and liabilities.
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That is a completelydistortedpictureof the facts.
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However, many of the surveys use an artificially high baseline as their starting point, which gives adistortedpictureof future trends.
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Simply comparing the allocations between now and then ignores that and gives a somewhatdistortedpicture.
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Yet her doctor, of course, realised perfectly well that this gave a totallydistortedpictureof her problem.
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I cannot accept that grotesquelydistortedpictureof what is happening.
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To put it briefly, advertising gives a verydistortedpictureof reality and of course that is also the aim of advertising.
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But to suggest that there are no restrictive practices except on the side of labour is presenting an entirelydistortedpicture.
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He will give adistortedpictureto the country if he does not emphasise the good side as well as the adverse features.
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I think that adistortedpicturehas been given.
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At present, the majority of films give a hopelesslydistortedpictureof life and of its moral values.
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The important point about this is that it would necessarily give adistortedpicture.
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