2syllables
tainted
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Definitions oftainted
1verb
- To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- To spoil (food) by contamination.
- To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
Example: "Meat soon taints in warm weather."
- To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
1verb
- To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
1adjective
- Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
Example: "Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money."
- (of data) Originating from an untrusted source.
Example: "Do not use tainted values in SQL queries."
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