distorting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of distort

adj

1. That distorts.

   “It's like looking in a distorting mirror at the fair.”

   “However, the procedure has been applied only to those below the threshold and who might move up, and not to those just above, who might move down. This has had a very distorting effect on the distributions.”

   “This is somewhat counter-intuitive, and indeed goes against the double-dividend argument that in economies with very distorting tax systems we should raise pollution taxes and lower other taxes.”