tainted
/ˈteɪntɪd/
tainted adjective: corrupted or filled with imperfections. Also the simple past and past participle of taint.
Adjective
tainted (comparative more tainted, superlative most tainted)
- Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
- Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.
- 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.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
- Synonyms:
- adulterated, impure, polluted, common, contaminated, corrupted, mixed, sophisticated
- Originating from an untrusted source.
- Near-synonyms: imperfect, faulty
- Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.
Also used as
tainted is also the simple past and past participle of taint.
tainted meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
tainted in Hindi
- कलंकित
tainted in Tamil
- களங்கப்பட்டவர்
tainted in Marathi
- कलंकित, कळंकित
tainted in Bengali
- কলঙ্কিত
More languagesFewer languages
- tainted in Telugu
- కళంకిత
- tainted in Malayalam
- കളങ്കിതൻ
- tainted in Kannada
- ಕಳಂಕಿತ, ಕಳಂಕಿತರು
- tainted in Punjabi
- ਦਾਗ਼ਦਾਰ
- tainted in Gujarati
- કલંકિત
- tainted in Odia
- କଳଙ୍କିତ, କଳଙ୍କିତ |
Examples of tainted in a sentence
- Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.
- Openwashing practices can therefore be described as tainted, misleading and confusing.
- Each flow brings its quota of bright, bubbling neos--still tainted with mundania.
Synonyms of tainted
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Forms of tainted
| comparative | more tainted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tainted |
Origin of tainted
From taint + -ed.
Words formed from tainted
Words that rhyme with tainted
Questions about tainted
- What does tainted mean?
- Tainted means corrupted or filled with imperfections.
- What is tainted in Hindi?
- Tainted in Hindi is कलंकित. See Tainted meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tainted?
- Tainted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tainted?
- Tainted is pronounced /ˈteɪntɪd/.
Words near tainted in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tainted (page history and authors); tainted (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tainted (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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