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corrupted

corrupted

5.3
A file or text changed by errors so it no longer works
  • adjective
  • /kəˈrʌptɪd/
translation icon : dañado
  • The corrupted file could not be opened due to numerous errors in the data.

There's nothing good that can come out of a corrupted code.

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Examples

  • If it wasn't, then the data you'd get would be very, very noisy, corrupted by heat related quantum effects.

  • Let's just just in case it was some corrupted software, let's unplug this from here and see what happens.

  • Are you worried about your own mind being corrupted by that, by enjoying standing against the crowd?

  • And it turns out that we have this incredibly corrupted idea of what was served at think, what did Thanksgiving dinner really look like?

  • It's kind of amazing because then people don't do like it's not corrupted by money, unlike everything else, like soccer.

  • She discovered that the corrupted software was causing frequent crashes on her computer.

  • His report was corrupted by incorrect information, making its conclusions unreliable.

Synonyms

inaccurate
vscorrupted
113 4.3

Not correct or exact, with mistakes

is altered from the original, not merely imprecise
faulty
vscorrupted
36 3.5

Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan

is changed from the original, not only a functional defect
distorted
vscorrupted
4.4

Changed from the original meaning so it makes people believe something wrong

is changed from the original but not only to mislead

Antonyms

680 3.0

Exactly correct in every detail

218 3.8

Something that is real and trustworthy, not a fake

How Corrupt

destroyed
2.8
unreadable
14 4.1
corrupted
5.3
damaged
1 1.1
altered
3.6
intact
304 3.7

Surface Forms

corrupted positive

Morphology

corrupted = corrupt (transparent) = corrupt + ed

The file sense is an established extension of 'corrupt' meaning 'spoil' or 'damage', and 'corrupted' is the regular past-participle/adjectival form.

Etymology

The word corrupted comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and rumpere 'to break', the same root as rupture. So a 'corrupted' file, text, or story is one that has been 'broken' or changed from the original and now has errors.