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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

kompromittiert

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔmpʁomiˈtiːɐ̯t

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Compromised/ˈkɒm.prə.maɪzd/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die vertraulichen Daten wurden kompromittiert."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Made vulnerable, insecure, or discredited due to the intrusion of unauthorized elements or past concessions.

    "The cybersecurity team discovered that several employee accounts were compromised during the breach."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense and past participle of compromise; to bring into disrepute or endanger the security or functioning of something.

    "His careless remarks compromised the entire undercover operation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin compromissum, meaning a mutual promise or arbitration, passing through Old French compromettre into 16th-century English. Over time, the meaning evolved from making a mutual settlement to exposing someone or something to danger, suspicion, or a lowered standard of security.

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