compromised

[kom-pruh-mahyzd]

adjective

Pathology.

1. unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.

Other Word Forms

• noncompromised adjective
• uncompromised adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of compromised¹

compromise + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But many residents are worried that by moving fast, the results were compromised.

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Many had been wheeled out on Friday because government engineers said the building had been structurally compromised.

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The criminal justice system is compromised by corruption and sloth.

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Because those children were hospitalized, Mandell said, it was likely they were "otherwise medically compromised," which could explain higher rates of neurodevelopmental disorders.

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In some cases, this secrecy appears to have been compromised, the people said, with some stocks rocketing higher in the days leading up to the announcement.

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