Synonyms for tainted
taint·ed

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1. taintedadjective

   Synonyms:
   impure, imperfect, corrupt

2. taintedadjective

   corrupted or filled with imperfections.

   Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.

   Synonyms:
   imperfect, corrupt, impure

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1. tainted

   Synonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

   Antonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

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1. corrupt, taintedadjective

   touched by rot or decay

   "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"

   Synonyms:
   crooked, corrupt, corrupted

   Antonyms:
   fresh

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1. molested

   the color red has been molested by the maga crowd.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. taintedadjective

   Synonyms:
   infected, contaminated, defiled, imbued, vitiated, polluted

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1. List of paraphrases for "tainted":

   tarnished, vitiated, marred, contaminated, sullied, stained, flawed, tinted, smudged

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1. Michale Callahan:

   The magnitude of Randy's story, or any wrongful death row conviction that's tainted by police or prosecutorial misconduct, is that the government officials guilty of that conduct are really no better than those who commit cold-blooded murder.

2. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver:

   The people of Flint have been waiting for action to remove lead tainted lines, on March 4, I was pleased that we pulled and replaced the first lead line. This investment from union pension funds means that we can move forward to remove more lead lines and renew Flint's infrastructure. I am very grateful to ULLICO (Union Labor Life Insurance Company) and AFT (American Federation of Teachers) for putting this idea crafted at the Clinton Global Initiative into action in our community.

3. Khin Maung Zaw:

   That means anyone could have access to the phones, so anything could happen to the phones, all those messages they said were found in the phones may not be genuine or the phones may be tainted.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   I disagree that her current role has tainted her reputation.

5. Jennifer Bates:

   The mailbox is the symbol of Amazon's abuse of power. Many of my coworkers don't even trust the mail ballot process because of how much Amazon tainted the process during the first election.