fudged 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of fudgednext
as in manipulated

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fudged

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verb

past tense of fudge
1
as in weaseled
to avoid giving a definite answer or position the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate

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2
as in cheated
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal she's been fudging on her taxes for years

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3
as in distorted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fudged
  1. cheated
  2. distorted
  3. misrepresented
  4. adulterated
  5. designer
Verb
  • Congressman/Senator/President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a monstrous piece of work who cheated his way to power from his teens on.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
  • They felt cheated because rather than pay off the debt, Germany defaulted.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of cheated
Verb
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average, with a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 27, and the S&P 500 Index’s P/E at 24, are both distorted by tech stocks, such as Nvidia (NVDA).
    Lawrence Carrel, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Has that distorted the trajectory of his adult life?
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Most, if not all, of these cons involve shoppers making a payment in exchange for a product or service that was misrepresented and never shipped or received.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Economically motivated adulteration happens when food is misrepresented for financial gain, leading to a marketplace filled with counterfeit products that cut corners.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of misrepresented
Adjective
  • The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.
    Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.
    Nadia Kounang, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
Definition of adulterated
Adjective
  • One of them, Hip Optical, which touts designer eyewear at non-designer prices, opened earlier this year across from the Apple Store and near True Food Kitchen and BJ’s Brewhouse.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
  • The order arrived as a white, non-designer T-shirt, size 2XL.
    Sha Hua, WSJ, 21 June 2022
Definition of designer
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