COMPROMISED Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words

compromised

verb

Definition of compromised

past tense of compromise

as in endangered

to place in danger officials at the state department were concerned that his statements would compromise national security

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as in damaged

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the deletion of several critical points for space considerations really compromised the essay

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Recent Examples of compromised There were reports, too, that the Houthis compromised the communications systems of their enemies and issued fraudulent orders to retreat. — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 That kind of reliability can be difficult to restore once it has been compromised. — Ethan Stone, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 But these emergency measures become more expensive and less effective when the health systems carrying out the response have already been compromised by aid cuts. — Stephanie Psaki, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026 What’s Happening Dermatologists across the country are reporting a surge in patients who suspect their skin barrier is compromised, and product lines are following the demand. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Working nights and weekends to keep up soon compromised Chris’s ability to drive the very high-level strategy he’d been tapped to lead. — Melody Wilding, Harvard Business Review, 16 Sep. 2026 However, when one of those controls is compromised, resilience depends on having independent means of understanding what is actually happening across the environment. — Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Comfort was definitely not compromised for elegance with her pleated skirt. — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026 That title gives a first clue towards how misbegotten and compromised this new Tom and Jerry joint is. — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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Police asked for help finding a 65-year-old Missouri woman who has been missing for a week and a half and is considered endangered.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
There were angels, of course, and superheroes — men and women who gave or endangered their lives to aid and/or rescue others and those who quelled the natural instinct to panic and managed to simply survive.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of endangered

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This was partly inspired by the club’s latest investigations into apparent ‘ticket-touting’, when 1,149 fan accounts were banned, and more were threatened with having their season tickets revoked.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Rate Field was financed by the State of Illinois after White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf had threatened to move the team to the Tampa Bay Area in Florida back in 1988.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of threatened

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The episode was marred some by a glitch in the show’s voting system; viewers weren’t able to choose their favorites on the DWTS website and had to vote by text.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Another interesting option is Yetur Gross-Matos, whose recent stint with the 49ers was marred by a knee issue.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of marred

Verb

The situation jeopardized the US government’s policy of ensuring two separate rocket types are available to launch national security payloads into orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The school could argue that the conference hastily convened the vote, perhaps in violation of bylaws or conference customs, and in doing so jeopardized its contracts with coaches, sponsors, media and licensing partners, and others.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of jeopardized

Verb

The tragedy occurred less than two hours after another deadly incident in Chatsworth, where a collision involving a Metro bus and a passenger vehicle killed two people and injured several others.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
In the ensuing, comically inept exchange of shotgun fire, both friends are injured, as is bandit leader Kakucha (Vakho Chkhartisvili).

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of injured

Verb

Economic data for July showed retail sales and urban investment both weakened, adding to pressure on Beijing to step up support for the remainder of the year.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
This view suggests that the sense of shame was collectively weakened by a series of self-interested actors who shattered the social firmament and opened up the gates to chaos.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

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