mangled
/ˈmæŋɡəld/
adjective
- Badly damaged, torn, or crushed, often in a violent way.
- Rescue workers pulled the mangled wreckage apart to find survivors.
- The mangled remains of the cake showed that someone had dropped it.
- The mangled bicycle was left at the side of the road after the crash.
- Spoiled or ruined because of being done very poorly, especially in speech or performance.
- The mangled melody sounded nothing like the original song.
- The mangled grammar in the email made it hard to understand.
- He gave a mangled version of the famous speech, mixing up all the lines.