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The adjective tainted describes a person or thing that's been touched by rot or corruption. Many think that young minds can become morally tainted by violence on TV. If evidence at a crime scene is handled improperly, it could be considered tainted and can't be used at trial.
TAINTED definition: spoiled; damaged in quality, taste, or value: . Learn more.
The meaning of TAINTED is altered from a pure state or condition. How to use tainted in a sentence.
Taint means to contaminate. If you don’t want to taint your drinking water, don’t use an old gas can as a water pitcher. Tainting something makes it impure. To taint something is to spoil or corrupt it, whether it’s water, food, or even a person’s soul.
the act or result of spoiling something or giving it an unpleasant quality: He managed to escape the worst taint of the Watergate scandal. The enquiry cleared him of any taint of suspicion / dishonesty. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Tainted definition: infected, contaminated, corrupted, or spoiled. See examples of TAINTED used in a sentence.
verb. ˈtānt. tainted; tainting; taints. Synonyms of taint. transitive verb. 1. : to contaminate morally : corrupt. scholarship tainted by envy. 2. : to affect with putrefaction : spoil. 3. : to touch or affect slightly with something bad. persons tainted with prejudice. intransitive verb. 1. : to become affected with putrefaction : spoil. 2.
If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it. Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
noun. a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful. Synonyms: stain, blemish, spot, fault, flaw, defect. a trace of infection, contamination, or the like. a trace of dishonor or discredit. Obsolete. color; tint.
Definition of tainted adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
