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Meaning of bastardizing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bastardizing

verb

Definitions

  1. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.

  2. To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.

    Example: The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.

  3. To beget out of wedlock.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act or process by which something is bastardized.