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

His Toyota teammate Evans, compromised by little grip having to open the road on the loose surface, ended the session in eighth, 50.3s off the lead.

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"Companies would like to get the basics right -- and today those basics are getting compromised," Das said.

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“She has compromised on a lot of issues that did not come easily for her,” says Duncan Wood, CEO of Hurst International Consulting.

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We searched hacker databases using online tools like haveibeenpwned.com and Constella Intelligence to see if Sue's details were previously compromised.

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Although the Social Security Administration said in September that an internal review found that its database remained secure and was not hacked, leaked or compromised, an external or independent review has yet to be done.

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