Taint
verb
To contaminate or pollute something.
The oil spill has tainted the coastline
verb
To ruin or spoil someone's image or reputation.
His reputation was tainted by his criminal record
noun
A trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance.
There was a taint of scandal around her
verb
To affect or influence something in a negative way.
His decision was tainted by his anger
verb
To contaminate or pollute something.
The oil spill has tainted the coastline
verb
To ruin or spoil someone's image or reputation.
His reputation was tainted by his criminal record
noun
A trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance.
There was a taint of scandal around her
verb
To affect or influence something in a negative way.
His decision was tainted by his anger
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Pollution
Often used to describe the physical contamination of the environment or objects.
The chemicals tainted the city's water supply.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Implies that the contamination is harmful and undesirable.
Her homemade jam was tainted with mold.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Pollution
Often used to describe the physical contamination of the environment or objects.
The chemicals tainted the city's water supply.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Implies that the contamination is harmful and undesirable.
Her homemade jam was tainted with mold.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Pollution
Often used to describe the physical contamination of the environment or objects.
The chemicals tainted the city's water supply.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Implies that the contamination is harmful and undesirable.
Her homemade jam was tainted with mold.
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Attenborough Finds a...
most Madagascar's they believe it to be extremely dangerous so they say it has such a powerful evil spirit but if you merely brush up against one accidentally the only way you can rid yourself of its taint and prevent the dreadful consequences of touching it is to cut
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Why our IQ levels are...
people shouldn't suffer unless they're guilty of something, then to exclude black people you've got to make exceptions, don't you? You have to say, well, blackness of skin, you couldn't suffer just for that. It must be that blacks are somehow tainted.
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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...
to enunciation and diction I don't even think of it ‘Cause I’m "articulate" So when my professor asks a question And my answer is tainted with a connotation of urbanized suggestion There’s no misdirected intention Pay attention
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Toxic Land Generates...
Protection Agency estimates that nearly half a million brownfields dot the u.s. these former mining industrial or commercial properties tainted with petroleum metals or other pollutants become ice ores and cleaning them up for
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There's no shame in...
need to realize that our mental struggles do not detract from our virility, nor does our trauma taint our strength. We need to see mental health as important as physical health. We need to stop suffering in silence.
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Michael Sandel: Why we...
Now, what this, even this brief debate, brings out is something that many economists overlook. Economists often assume that markets are inert, that they do not touch or taint the goods they exchange.
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The habits of happiness...
You can have ugly faces, beautiful faces in the mirror. The mirror allows that, but the mirror is not tainted, is not modified, is not altered by those images. Likewise, behind every single thought
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Who controls the world?...
often tainted by people's personal ideologies I really hope that this complexity perspective allows for some common common ground to be found it would be really great if it has the power to help
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Susan Lim: Transplant...
at engrafting the gift of life at dusk. In my team, the lives of one or two of my colleagues were tainted by this experience. Some of us may have been sublimated,
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History vs. Richard...
but law-breaking and cover-ups threaten the very fabric the nation is built on. Those who do so may find their entire legacy tainted when history is put on trial.
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Attenborough Finds a...
most Madagascar's they believe it to be extremely dangerous so they say it has such a powerful evil spirit but if you merely brush up against one accidentally the only way you can rid yourself of its taint and prevent the dreadful consequences of touching it is to cut
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
people shouldn't suffer unless they're guilty of something, then to exclude black people you've got to make exceptions, don't you? You have to say, well, blackness of skin, you couldn't suffer just for that. It must be that blacks are somehow tainted.
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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...
to enunciation and diction I don't even think of it ‘Cause I’m "articulate" So when my professor asks a question And my answer is tainted with a connotation of urbanized suggestion There’s no misdirected intention Pay attention
Video examples
Toxic Land Generates...
Protection Agency estimates that nearly half a million brownfields dot the u.s. these former mining industrial or commercial properties tainted with petroleum metals or other pollutants become ice ores and cleaning them up for
Video examples
There's no shame in...
need to realize that our mental struggles do not detract from our virility, nor does our trauma taint our strength. We need to see mental health as important as physical health. We need to stop suffering in silence.
Video examples
Michael Sandel: Why we...
Now, what this, even this brief debate, brings out is something that many economists overlook. Economists often assume that markets are inert, that they do not touch or taint the goods they exchange.
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
You can have ugly faces, beautiful faces in the mirror. The mirror allows that, but the mirror is not tainted, is not modified, is not altered by those images. Likewise, behind every single thought
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Who controls the world?...
often tainted by people's personal ideologies I really hope that this complexity perspective allows for some common common ground to be found it would be really great if it has the power to help
Video examples
Susan Lim: Transplant...
at engrafting the gift of life at dusk. In my team, the lives of one or two of my colleagues were tainted by this experience. Some of us may have been sublimated,
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History vs. Richard...
but law-breaking and cover-ups threaten the very fabric the nation is built on. Those who do so may find their entire legacy tainted when history is put on trial.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
A properly balanced story provides an equal representation of the negative and positive attributes of, I could say the world, but it's actually a being. 'Harry Potter''s a good example. So Harry's the hero, right. But he's tainted with evil. There's a dark and a light in every bit of that narrative. It's well balanced.
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John Quincy Adams
American President
It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?
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Thomas Pogge
German Philosopher
By seeing the problem of poverty merely in terms of assistance, we overlook that our enormous economic advantage is deeply tainted by how it accumulated over the course of one historical process that has devastated the societies and cultures of four continents.
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Daniel Espinosa
Swedish Director
When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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Johanna Siguroardottir
Icelander Statesman
A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
Unions and their supporters in Congress claim that when employees vote on whether to unionize, the elections are tainted by employer intimidation. They're wrong.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
You're morally tainted if you don't treat both the accuser and the accused with fairness and with respect, and with due process.
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Georges Bataille
French Writer
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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Chade-Meng Tan
Businessman
Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
A properly balanced story provides an equal representation of the negative and positive attributes of, I could say the world, but it's actually a being. 'Harry Potter''s a good example. So Harry's the hero, right. But he's tainted with evil. There's a dark and a light in every bit of that narrative. It's well balanced.
Quote examples
John Quincy Adams
American President
It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?
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Thomas Pogge
German Philosopher
By seeing the problem of poverty merely in terms of assistance, we overlook that our enormous economic advantage is deeply tainted by how it accumulated over the course of one historical process that has devastated the societies and cultures of four continents.
Quote examples
Daniel Espinosa
Swedish Director
When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
Quote examples
Johanna Siguroardottir
Icelander Statesman
A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
Unions and their supporters in Congress claim that when employees vote on whether to unionize, the elections are tainted by employer intimidation. They're wrong.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
You're morally tainted if you don't treat both the accuser and the accused with fairness and with respect, and with due process.
Quote examples
Georges Bataille
French Writer
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
Quote examples
Chade-Meng Tan
Businessman
Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.
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