Vitiate
verb
To spoil or harm something, reducing its quality or effectiveness.
His drinking problem vitiated the quality of his life.
Often appears as...
- vitiate the contract
- vitiate the claim
verb
To legally invalidate something or make it void.
His omission of key details vitiated the contract.
Often appears as...
- vitiate the contract
- vitiate the verdict
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Formal
Technical
verb
To spoil or harm something, reducing its quality or effectiveness.
His drinking problem vitiated the quality of his life.
Often appears as...
- vitiate the contract
- vitiate the claim
verb
To legally invalidate something or make it void.
His omission of key details vitiated the contract.
Often appears as...
- vitiate the contract
- vitiate the verdict
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'vitiate' usually suggests harm or corruption, giving a negative tone.
A single mistake may vitiate the entire research project.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
'Vitiate' implies substantial harm rather than a minor issue.
Overcooking the vegetables vitiated their nutritional value.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Damage
'Vitiate' often refers to abstract concepts, like processes or conditions, not physical objects.
Lack of evidence could vitiate the credibility of his testimony.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'vitiate' usually suggests harm or corruption, giving a negative tone.
A single mistake may vitiate the entire research project.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
'Vitiate' implies substantial harm rather than a minor issue.
Overcooking the vegetables vitiated their nutritional value.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Damage
'Vitiate' often refers to abstract concepts, like processes or conditions, not physical objects.
Lack of evidence could vitiate the credibility of his testimony.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'vitiate' usually suggests harm or corruption, giving a negative tone.
A single mistake may vitiate the entire research project.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
'Vitiate' implies substantial harm rather than a minor issue.
Overcooking the vegetables vitiated their nutritional value.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Damage
'Vitiate' often refers to abstract concepts, like processes or conditions, not physical objects.
Lack of evidence could vitiate the credibility of his testimony.
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Quote examples
John Bates Clark
American Economist
The market tends to pay as a wage what an individual laborer is worth. But the case last studied suggests the question how accurately the law operates in practice. May it not be an honest law, but be so vitiated in its working as to give a dishonest result?
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George Orwell
British Author
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
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Pat Buchanan
American Journalist
President Trump's seeming renunciation of an anti-interventionist foreign policy is the great surprise of the first 100 days, and the most ominous. For any new war could vitiate the Trump mandate and consume his presidency.
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Brigham Young
American Leader
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
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Daniel Hannan
British Politician
A minister is supposed to be there to remind his permanent officials that they work for the rest of us. If, instead, he becomes the cabinet champion and public spokesman for his department, democracy is vitiated.
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Maureen Dowd
American Journalist
Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.
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John Bates Clark
American Economist
The market tends to pay as a wage what an individual laborer is worth. But the case last studied suggests the question how accurately the law operates in practice. May it not be an honest law, but be so vitiated in its working as to give a dishonest result?
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George Orwell
British Author
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
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Pat Buchanan
American Journalist
President Trump's seeming renunciation of an anti-interventionist foreign policy is the great surprise of the first 100 days, and the most ominous. For any new war could vitiate the Trump mandate and consume his presidency.
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Brigham Young
American Leader
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
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Daniel Hannan
British Politician
A minister is supposed to be there to remind his permanent officials that they work for the rest of us. If, instead, he becomes the cabinet champion and public spokesman for his department, democracy is vitiated.
Quote examples
Maureen Dowd
American Journalist
Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.
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