distortionary
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From distortion + -ary.
Adjective
[edit]distortionary (comparative more distortionary, superlative most distortionary)
- Capable of distorting.
- Causing distortion, especially in prices.
- 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
- 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 […].