performance-enhancing

[per-fawr-muhns en-han-sing, ‐en-hahn-sing]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a drug or other substance used to improve one's performance in a sport or other activity requiring strength, stamina, etc..

   The use of performance-enhancing steroids by athletes is banned.

Word History and Origins

Origin of performance-enhancing¹

First recorded in 1975–1980

Example Sentences

Last season, Bennett was almost guaranteed a roster spot because Garoppolo was suspended for the first two games for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substance policy in 2023 while playing for the Las Vegas Raiders.

From Los Angeles Times

In short, an AI — which has been described as smelling like cat urine — is a performance-enhancing substance.

From Los Angeles Times

He has invested in various anti-aging projects, as well as in the Enhanced Games, a forthcoming sports competition where athletes are encouraged to use performance-enhancing drugs in a bid to achieve “superhumanity.”

From Slate

He was suspended for 50 games in 2007 for using performance-enhancing drugs that he blamed on medication he took in Japan.

From Los Angeles Times

However, it also accepted that Sinner "did not intend to cheat", that the drug "did not provide any performance-enhancing benefit" and this happened "without his knowledge as the result of negligence of members of his entourage".

From BBC