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tainted en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈteɪntɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree English taint Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English tainted From taint + -ed.

Meanings

  1. Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
    • A statement from the official Lao News Agency (KPL) Friday reported that “the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages” was the suspected cause of the deaths. 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN:
    • Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.
  2. (of data, qualifier:computer security) Originating from an untrusted source.
    • Near-synonyms: imperfect, faulty
    • Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.

Forms

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more tainted Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most tainted Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nontainted · taintedness · untainted

Synonyms

corrupt · corrupted · contaminated · impure · polluted · mixed · tainted · common · adulterated · faulty · polluted · imperfect · tainted · sophisticated · adulterated

Translations (21)

fi saastunut (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · pl zepsuci (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · eo malpurigita (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · el διεφθαρμένος (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · sk skazený (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · pl zepsuty (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · ru гря́зный (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · tr kirli (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · sk špinavý (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · tr çirkef (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · tr pis (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · de verdorben (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · de unrein (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · pl zepsuta (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · fi turmeltunut (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · fi pilaantunut (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · el φαύλος (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · pl zepsute (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · mi nanu (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · tr murdar (corrupted or filled with imperfections) · el ανήθικος (corrupted or filled with imperfections)

tainted en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈteɪntɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree English taint Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English tainted From taint + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of taint
    form of taint