tainted

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪntɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• 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.

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

• Finnish: pilaantunut (fi), saastunut (fi), turmeltunut (fi)
• German: unrein (de), verdorben (de)
• Greek: ανήθικος (el) (aníthikos), διεφθαρμένος (el) (dieftharménos), φαύλος (el) (fávlos)
• 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