What does attainted mean?
Attainted means simple past and past participle of attaint.
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/əˈteɪntɪd/ · verb
simple past and past participle of attaint.
The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.
Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed. Rebel’.
Use attainted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Attainted means simple past and past participle of attaint.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.
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