compromised

[ kom-pruh-mahyzd ]

/ ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪzd /

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adjective Pathology.

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.

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seclusion

a false belief or opinion.

the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.

the state of being isolated, kept apart, or withdrawn into solitude.

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Origin of compromised

compromise + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM compromised

non·com·pro·mised, adjectiveun·com·pro·mised, adjective

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Data is also insufficient to make any determinations about pregnant, lactating or immuno-compromised people.
With key endorsement, Pfizer vaccine speeds toward FDA emergency approval|Claire Zillman, reporter|December 11, 2020|Fortune
The Arizona Cardinals’ loss at New England, during which Kyler Murray seemed physically compromised after he sprained the AC joint in his shoulder last week, dropped them to 6-5.
What to know from NFL Week 12: Tyreek Hill and Derrick Henry took over as the coronavirus loomed|Adam Kilgore|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
About one in three cases of the flu are asymptomatic, but it’s important to remember that the same strain that didn’t make you all that sick could be serious for anyone elderly or with a compromised immune system.
You can have COVID-19 without symptoms, but what about the flu?|Rachael Zisk|November 6, 2020|Popular Science
Citizens pay with compromised air and water and increased health costs.
This election could decide the climate’s future|Ula Chrobak|October 29, 2020|Popular Science

He should not have anything to do with women in general, anyone that is in a compromised position that he would think he had control over them to some degree.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents|by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip|October 6, 2020|ProPublica
We cannot approach logical inquiry in a wholly direct and uncompromised manner.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
His conception of God was the ordinary conception, unqualified, unmitigated, uncompromised.
The Cradle of the Christ|Octavius Brooks Frothingham
The most uncompromised earthly happiness is not the portion of those who feel for the under dog, for some dog is always under.
Dominie Dean|Ellis Parker Butler
But in that case we shall enter it with uncompromised principles.
Abraham Lincoln|John Drinkwater
Americans have so far kept the peace with the uncompromised moral law of the “free and equal” rights of man.
The Wonderful Story of Lincoln|Charles M. Stevens

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