compromising
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- adjective
- /ˈkɒmprəˌmaɪzɪŋ/
- You continue to delay any decision making and authorizing, which is compromising her health even more.
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Watch on YouTubeThere was this guy who was in a compromised position.
- There was this guy who was in a compromised position.
- So he appoints grifters and morally compromised people.
- Yeah, I, I feel like with a person, if, if you're enabling them and cheering them on to put themselves in compromising situations, you're as much as the problem.
- So you can see why, why they were so aggressive to get in and get in your face and trying to take a compromising photo.
- He had all kinds of compromising shit on his phone numbers, photographs, names of people.
- Without naming any names or exact situations, what did you feel you would have to do and what how would that be compromising?
Examples
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Especially given that modern hardware, if configured correctly, can achieve near silence without compromising performance.
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And they put people, regular everyday people unknowingly into compromising situations to find out what would they do.
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I do worry that this is, this is a way of doing two things, which is which is compromising women's boundaries and women's rights.
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Avoid sharing sensitive information that could lead to compromising your reputation.
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Leaving your bag unattended in public can put you in a compromising position.
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Her involvement in that scandal put her in a compromising situation with her colleagues.
Synonyms
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To put a person, plan, or system at risk
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Make people trust someone or something less
Antonyms
How Vulnerable
Surface Forms
Morphology
compromising = compromise (transparent) = compromise + ing
A present-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'compromise' meaning 'to make vulnerable', so 'making someone vulnerable' follows directly.
Etymology
Compromising comes from the idea of a compromise, which has the parts com- 'together' and promise 'a pledge'. If a secret or photo 'ties' someone to something risky or shameful, it makes them open to danger or suspicion, so it is called 'compromising'.