Definition of "distortive" []

• Serving to distort: harsh and distortive peaks in the recorded music; a robust fortissimo without distortive vibration. (adjective)

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• "They also didn't agree on any consequences if a country's policies were seen as distortive."
• "But Chinese officials nearly torpedoed the seemingly technical agreement by rejecting efforts to include "exchange rate" as a specific "indicator" of distortive policies."
• "That is a difference in degrees; and collective action in the private sector can often be very distortive and hard to escape."