distortion
noun
an act or instance of distorting.
distortionary
-
a word derived from
distortion.
Example Sentences
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And tariff revenue can be used to reduce highly distortionary taxes on capital or labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Many social scientists prefer this old approach because it was less distortionary.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2022
BOE economists John Barrdear and Michael Kumhof write that “reductions in real interest rates, distortionary taxes, and monetary transaction costs” would boost the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2016
We like to have tax revenue, we like to have it in the least distortionary manner possible and why not address inequality at the same time?
From Forbes ● Mar. 5, 2015
Especially, it are the plots that may help us to understand that the major distortionary effects took place in the 1960s and 1970s.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
