tainting
present participle oftaint
taint
verb[T]
uk/teɪnt/us/teɪnt/tospoilsomething or give it anunpleasantquality:
Hisreputationwaspermanentlytainted by thefinancialscandal.
Hewarnedoftoxinssuch asmercurytainting somefish.
- His firsttermofofficewas tainted byscandal.
- We don'twantpeopleout there taintingourreputation.
- It wasfoundthat the groundwater had been tainted with astringoftoxins.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- butcher
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This human factor was unsettling, as it revealed fundamental differences in the perception of death which weretaintingclassification at large.
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Therefore, we are trying to extend the paragraph to covertainting.
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The amendment should clarify the scope of the offences that may causetainting.
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In any event, it is the sametaintingthat should worry us.
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Thistaintinghas been regarded as a safeguard preventing the consumption of contaminated fish.
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There may be circumstances other than the question oftainting.
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That fundamental fear istaintingsome of the views that have been expressed.
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I am nottaintingall doctors, because the great majority are good servants to their patients, but there are some who are not.
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Last but by no means least, there is the danger of unscrupulous dog breederstaintingthe legitimate businesses.
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If he does not reconsider his decision to do nothing, does he not realise that he will betaintinghimself in an unacceptable cover-up?
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If that can be established, it is no better an acquittal than the one which resulted from thetaintingof or interference with the jury or witnesses.
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The second reason why we need a speedy resolution is that the problem istaintingeducation throughout our city and not just in the one school.
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Oil contamination of the sea may result in thetaintingof fish.
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There are no clear-cut means of clearly avoiding incorrect participant feedback or researcher bias fromtaintinggathered research.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Acquittal because oftainting(witness intimidation, jury tampering, or perjury) would also allow retrial.
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- littered
- litter grabber
- litter-grabber
- littering
- litter pick
- litter-pick
- litter picker
- litter-picker
- litter picking
- litter-picking
- litter size
- litter tray
- litter-tray
- little
- little baby
- little-bird-told-me
- little boy
- little cottage
- little creature
- little encouragement
- little Englander
- little-englander
- little fellow
- little finger
- little-finger