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tainted

adj
/ˈteɪntɪd/

Etymology

From taint + -ed.

  1. derived from tinctum
  2. derived from teint
  3. borrowed from teint
  4. formed as tainted — “taint + -ed”

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. Originating from an untrusted source.

    • Near-synonyms: imperfect, faulty
    • Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.

  3. simple past and past participle of taint

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tainted. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01tainted02imperfections03imperfection04impurity05adulteration06adulterating07adulterate08mixed

A definitional loop anchored at tainted. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at tainted

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA