The Clue
Travesty of a sort (10 letter answer)
The Answer
DISTORTION
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Notes
The answer DISTORTION is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
DISTORTION as a noun:
1. (distortion, deformation) = a change for the worse
2. (distorted shape, distortion) = a shape resulting from distortion
3. (aberration, distortion, optical aberration) = an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
4. a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal); "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"
5. (distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting) = the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
6. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts