Used in a Sentence

sullied

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sullied.

Editorial note

There's all sorts of sticky areas where extreme purist views get sullied from contact with the real world.

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Quick take

defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sullied.

Example sentences

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There's all sorts of sticky areas where extreme purist views get sullied from contact with the real world.

2

It's also a non-sequitur for a thread that should be about discussing Mozilla's announcement and not sullied by this.

3

Sprint does the same by shoving yellow text anywhere that negative space hasn't yet been sullied.

4

DRM is a perversion of the WWW, and Berners-Lee is wrong to allow his invention to be sullied in this way.

5

It's sad that a vocal minority has sullied the image of an entire industry.

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I guess he felt defensive about his character being sullied but I think he sufficiently addressed that issue already.

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Assuming that you are a fact witness and that your testimony is confined to facts, your good name and reputation will not be sullied.

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He was a bigot, and good riddance to him; I hope his reputation remains sufficiently sullied for the foreseeable future.

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EA has the only competitor that comes close, but their tarnished reputation in the gaming community has sullied the only worthwhile adversary Steam has.

10

PHP's reputation is also sullied by a number of high-profile projects surrounding it that have absolutely atrocious code quality - zero design effort and utter spaghetti.

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I feel a little sullied that the reporter published this before the family knew.

12

Which is just as well, given that he so sullied the name of my program that I'm happy to give him the credit for all subsequent versions.

Quote examples

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Swartz may have had a "legitimate political cause" but he sullied it (in my opinion) with illegal activities.

2

There are quite a few kneejerk "the US is evil" comments, but it's not about playing nice, it's about thinking the US government is the devil and SpaceX is sullied by the association.

3

It saddens me that the concept of "class struggle" was sullied by its connection with a certain well-known failed attempt to solve the problem.

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> Swartz may have had a "legitimate political cause" but he sullied it (in my opinion) with illegal activities.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use sullied in a sentence?

There's all sorts of sticky areas where extreme purist views get sullied from contact with the real world.

What does sullied mean?

defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.

What part of speech is sullied?

sullied is commonly used as adjective.