【每日一词】vitiate -/ ˈvi-shē-ˌāt/ vt. 损害,弄坏;使无效;污染
1: to make faulty or defective : impair
the comic impact is vitiated by obvious haste —William Styron
2: to debase in moral or aesthetic status
a mind vitiated by prejudice
3: to make ineffective
fraud vitiates a contract
Synonyms
blemish,darken,mar,poison,spoil,stain,taint,tarnish,touch
Examples of vitiate in a Sentence
The impact of the film was vitiated by poor acting.
believed that luxury vitiates even the most principled person
Recent Examples on the Web
The bill vitiates the existing legal agreements between the parties as to the calculation of re-setting of the ground lease rent and removes all leverage in negotiations.
—Anita W. Laremont, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
Yet, the Biden Justice Department’s infighting and foot-dragging caused the statute of limitations for the 2014 and 2015 tax years to lapse, vitiating some of the investigation’s key allegations.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 July 2023
And, especially relevant to Edelman in this case: Is it vitiated by bad motives?
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 June 2023
His arguments were later challenged by critics who argued that new information and communication technologies vitiated the advantages of corporate size and hierarchical control.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022