tainted

English

Etymology

From taint +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪntɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪntɪd

Adjective

tainted (comparative more tainted, superlative most tainted)

1. Corrupted or filled with imperfections.

   Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.

   • 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^[1]:

     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.

2. (computer security, of data) Originating from an untrusted source.

   Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.

Synonyms

• contaminated
• corrupt
• impure
• imperfect

Collocations

with nouns

• tainted food
• tainted meat
• tainted beef
• tainted pork
• tainted milk
• tainted water
• tainted fish
• tainted toys
• tainted love
• tainted evidence
• tainted money
• tainted reputation

Translations

corrupted or filled with imperfections — see also sullied

• Esperanto: malpurigita
• Finnish: pilaantunut (fi), saastunut (fi), turmeltunut (fi)
• German: unrein (de), verdorben (de)
• Greek: ανήθικος (el) (aníthikos), διεφθαρμένος (el) (dieftharménos), φαύλος (el) (fávlos)
• Māori: nanu
• Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj)
• Slovak: špinavý, skazený
• Turkish: kirli (tr), murdar (tr), çirkef (tr), pis (tr)

Verb

tainted

1. simple past and past participle of taint