tainted
adj/ˈteɪntɪd/
Etymology From taint + -ed.
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.2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN:
2
Of data Originating from an untrusted source.
Computer security
- Near-synonyms: imperfect, faulty
- Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.
- Derived terms
- nontainted, taintedness, untainted