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taint
1[ teynt ]
noun
- a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- a trace of infection, contamination, or the like.
- a trace of dishonor or discredit.
- Obsolete. color; tint.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to become tainted; spoil.
taint
2noun
- the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
taint
/ teɪnt /
verb
- to affect or be affected by pollution or contamination
oil has tainted the water
- to tarnish (someone's reputation, etc)
noun
- a defect or flaw
a taint on someone's reputation
- a trace of contamination or infection
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Derived Forms
- ˈtaintless, adjective
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Other Words From
- un·taint·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Whether the charge will work to sufficiently taint Orman is another issue, says Popkin.
Infiltration, though, may well taint all main rebel factions.
In losing, however, he will taint his possible rivals—including Rand Paul—as pitiful members of the "surrender caucus."
Once successfully in, I can see my Hash 160 and Taint Analysis, among other things.
Random spot checks, so that getting checked carries no taint.
The taint of commerce and the smoke of the north hangs visibly on the horizon.
The taint was too inveterate to be eradicated; the evil was immedicable; Rome was already effete and moribund.
It was spring in all its glory, without a taint of summer's heat, or a lingering chill of winter.
Krafft-Ebing said that he never saw a case of true and reasonably well developed paranoia without hereditary taint.
This and the peculiar notched or cleft teeth seem to point to an hereditary taint.
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