as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
tainted groundwater that is unfit to drink
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as in poisoned
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model
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as in contaminated
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe
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Recent Examples of tainted
Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Bianca Jones, 19, died at a hospital in Thailand after consuming the tainted alcohol.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
The effects of drinking raw milk tainted with bird flu are still uncertain.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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But Laos authorities have not given any indication of where and how tainted alcohol might have got into the supply chain.
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But the appeals court said the appearance of a conflict still tainted Willis’ handling of the case.
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Drugs, success, and conflicting personalities had poisoned members’ relationships.—
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In times of crisis, these individuals may be offered or pushed into leadership positions that are precarious, at best, and poisoned, at worst.—
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It's found in contaminated water and food, explains Ivers, which then produces a toxin in the small intestine that leads to the severe diarrhea and rapid fluid loss.—
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Although the contaminated water isn't getting into the region's drinking water, people and animals could still be exposed to the bacteria.—
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But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.—
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The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.—
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Earnings of 33 cents a share on a diluted basis represented an improvement from the year-ago period, which saw a loss of 15 cents a share.—
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Once the nest is safely relocated by a professional, thoroughly clean the area with diluted bleach or vinegar, and then install bird spikes or another deterrent to keep birds from nesting in that spot again.—
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Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.—
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However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.—
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
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Trump's success record at Supreme Court mixed Trump’s record at the Supreme Court during his first administration was mixed.—
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But their tens of billions of dollars’ worth of weapons and financial aid have shown mixed results.—
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“Tainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tainted. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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