tainted
Verb
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- simple past and past participle of taint
Adjective Satellite
- touched by rot or decay
- "tainted bacon"
Adj
- Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
- Originating from an untrusted source.
Examples
- Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.
- Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.
Origin / Etymology
From taint + -ed.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
tainted: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtainted: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tainted: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
tainted: valid Words With Friends Word