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tainted
[ teyn-tid ]
adjective
- infected, contaminated, corrupted, or spoiled:
An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to eating tainted ground turkey has resulted in several deaths.
- affected by a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful:
We strongly urge you to distance your charitable organization from this discredited project and its tainted money.
- (of the name, reputation, etc., of a person or group) sullied or tarnished:
Having such a program available to these students could help fix the tainted reputation many feel our school has earned.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of taint 1.
Other Words From
- un·taint·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tainted1
Example Sentences
Packaging for the tainted product carried a state cannabis sticker but bore no state license number or manufacturer name.
"Any good memory that I have of my husband is tainted. OK? They're gone," she says.
The Saudi authorities and Fifa now have the next decade to try to convince the doubters the country can be a suitable host, and that the sport's flagship event is not tainted.
Boyer told The Times in an interview on Thursday that investigators brought the completed forms to his home to question him about them and didn’t mention that they may have been tainted with any substance.
Republicans piled on, filing an amicus brief complaining that the deal was too lenient and that the investigation was tainted by political interference from the Biden administration.
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