vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
vitiated
Example Sentences
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But Mr. Starmer’s offensive was vitiated somewhat by his own lockdown-related woes.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
He also argued that her “excellent case for Mank is in the end more than somewhat vitiated by the publication of the script itself,” describing it as smart but superficial.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2020
“In such a vitiated atmosphere, it’s impossible for me to see Dil Bechara in isolation and gauge it on its own merits,” she wrote in the Film Companion, an online movie magazine.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2020
The prosecution's case was that the woman's consent was vitiated by Lawrance's deception.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2020
If any one thus denies the determination of natural phenomena at one such point, he has vitiated the entire scientific viewpoint.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
