💰 Dishonest for gain 💰 To make dishonest 💾 To damage data 💾 Containing errors 🤢 Spoiled or rotten

corrupt

9 6.5

Damaged and full of errors so it cannot be read, like a broken file

adjective
/kəˈrʌpt/

Specialized

: corrupto

The document was unreadable because the file was corrupt.

Examples

Scholars struggled to interpret the corrupt manuscript found in the ruins.
Due to a corrupt file, the presentation could not be opened for the meeting.
A corrupt version of the software caused unexpected errors during installation.
The file is corrupt.
Don't use corrupt data!
The researchers encountered a corrupt database that rendered their results unreliable.
After the transfer, I realized that some images had become corrupt and could not be displayed.

Synonyms

corrupted

vscorrupt

7 5.3

A file or text changed by errors so it no longer works

is the same meaning but used as an adjectival past participle form

Antonyms

accurate

644 3.0

Exactly correct in every detail

authentic

236 3.8

Something that is real and trustworthy, not a fake

pristine

63 5.1

Very clean and fresh, like new

unaltered

6 3.7

Still in its original state and not changed

errorless

1 5.4

Completely without mistakes

uncorrupted

1 6.3

Still in its original pure form without changes

Compounds

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Formal

1 8.8

United States law from 1970 used to fight organized crime by giving stronger punishments

How Corrupt

unreadable

12 4.1

garbled

14 7.6

corrupt

Specialized

9 6.5

flawed

187 3.7

altered

56 3.6

intact

272 3.7

Surface Forms

corrupt positive

corupt positive

Etymology

Corrupt comes from the Latin parts cor- and rupt, where rupt means 'to break' and appears in rupture. So a 'corrupt' file or text is one that is 'broken' or changed from its original form, which is why we use the word for damaged data.