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Past tense of taint

regular verb

The past tense of taint is tainted. The past participle is also tainted.

Forms of taint

Base form (V1)taint /teɪnt/
Past tense (V2)tainted /ˈteɪntɪd/
Past participle (V3)tainted /ˈteɪntɪd/
Present participletainting
Third person singulartaints

Tainted in a sentence

  • Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.From the entry tainted
  • Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.From the entry tainted
  • Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kadara. From the entry abundant
  • Openwashing practices can therefore be described as tainted, misleading and confusing.2015, Nicolai van der Woert, Robert Schuwer, Martijn Ouwehand, “Connecting Various Forms of Openness: Seeking a Stronger Value…. From the entry openwashing
  • Each flow brings its quota of bright, bubbling neos--still tainted with mundania.1965 February 23, Chris Priest, “Postscripts”, in Hyphen, number 37, published 1987. From the entry mundania

Meaning of taint

  1. noun A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
  2. noun A tinge, trace or touch.
  3. noun A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.

Full definition of taint

Questions about the past tense of taint

What is the past tense of taint?
The past tense of taint is tainted.
What is the past participle of taint?
The past participle of taint is tainted.
Is taint a regular or irregular verb?
Taint is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taint (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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