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  • adjective Possessing a mutation.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of mutate.

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Examples

  • Oh don't tell me that economic sickness has actually mutated from the bankers, and became viral.

    Ugh. greygirlbeast 2010

  • This resulted in mutated genetics that made the horses become more intelligent and many of them gained the power of speech.

    Ii Phaser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • But somewhere along the way we lost that childlike joy and became contaminated with society's standards for "success", and our definition of "success" mutated from the simple "spending as much time as possible doing what I love" to "making piles of money, getting a lot of pats on the back from other people, filling my trophycase with meaningless awards .." and so on and so on.

    On Discipline by Paul Guyot 2006

  • Watch as the finest minds in mutated motors RIP SHRED and BURN the track to TWISTED CINDERS!

    Boing Boing: June 6, 2004 - June 12, 2004 Archives 2004

  • My Greed List has mutated from a generic list and into a bizarre sort of Christmas card, and now it’s transforming into a weird starting point for other people’s lists.

    It's Official genuinechris 2005

  • To coin a mutated Margaret Thatcher line, 'U-Tube if u want to ... but its actual votes that count'

    Obama Girl 2007

  • What we had to produce a few weeks ago was a planning assumption for the NHS and it ranged from a few thousand deaths to, if there was a serious change in the virus and it mutated, which is not something we expect, that we might have a higher number.

    Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news 2009

  • It has since been identified as a mutated swine flu suspected in 168 deaths in Mexico that has spread to at least eight other countries, triggering an unprecedented global alert.

    News from www.rep-am.com 2009

  • - and set to work; the program's name mutated until they hit on Photoshop.

    Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Charles Arthur 2010

  • - and set to work; the program's name mutated until they hit on Photoshop.

    Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Charles Arthur 2010

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