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tainted

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

Origin of tainted¹

If the allegations are false, Cosby has been grievously wronged with his reputation forever tainted.

Other uteri, tainted by low, regular doses of progesterone and/or witchcraft, become evil.

For weeks the information coming out of Kuala Lumpur was, at best, inconsistent and contradictory and, at worst, tainted.

We must make it known that we have had enough of consumerism tainted with misery and blood.

There are no innocents in Bangladeshi politics and every politician is tainted by accusations of corruption.

If they are guilty of doing things tainted or marked with fraud, they are liable.

No, he will doubtless go to some friend who he thinks will tell him, and thus get his young mind tainted with impure thoughts.

As he drove under the maples, he muttered words that would have startled her as much as his tainted breath.

Those who eat herbs never hate or fear, but those who eat other animals are tainted with both.

Cream is remarkable for the rapidity with which it absorbs and becomes tainted by any unpleasant odors.

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