Meaning & use
compromised
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Made vulnerable, weakened, or exposed to risk, especially due to a security breach or other damaging factor.
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The IT team discovered that the company's servers had been compromised by hackers.
Patients with compromised immune systems are more susceptible to infection.
A note on using this word
Widely used in both cybersecurity ('a compromised account') and medical contexts ('a compromised immune system').
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