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warped

On-Yomi: ワイ

Koohii stories:

1) [mcfate] 25-11-2007(47): In the debate, your political opponent's has such a warped sense of perspective, that he believes the negative is actually correct.

2) [taikura] 17-12-2008(7): Warped is a combination of not and correct. If a piece of wood is described as warped, that means it is not the correct shape, according to a particular standard we have in mind. The correct Kanji points us to the standard; while the not or un- Kanji denotes that the standard is not met. Hence, whatever we are talking about is not standard - i.e. it is not correct or not regular. In other words, it is warped.

3) [mantixen] 30-7-2009(4): On standardized tests they use negative questions that are so warped you don't know which answer is correct.

4) [cb4960] 16-2-2009(4): A warped person will often believe that negative actions are the most correct for any given situation.

5) [CasualTatsumaki] 25-3-2010(3): This kanji ひずみ is also used for guitar distortion.

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