The Clue
Contaminated (7 letter answer)
The Answer
TAINTED
Tags
Notes
The answer TAINTED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
Related Clues
Off
Not pure
Noxious; poisonous
Not completely clean
Definition
TAINT as a verb:
1. (defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud) = place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
2. (infect, taint) = contaminate with a disease or microorganism
TAINTED as an adjective:
1. (corrupt, tainted) = touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
2. (besmirched, damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished) = especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"