tainted
/ˈteɪntɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
adj
Originating from an untrusted source.
verb
simple past and past participle of taint
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Near-synonyms: imperfect, faulty"
- "Do not use tainted values in SQL queries."
Etymology
Etymology tree English taint Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English tainted From taint + -ed.
Inflected Forms
more tainted (comparative)
most tainted (superlative)