compromised
No longer fully secure
Compromised describes something whose integrity, security, or effectiveness has been damaged or undermined.
A compromised immune system can't fight infections properly.
A compromised password has been exposed to unauthorized parties.
A compromised position is one weakened by revelation or circumstance: His authority was compromised when the emails leaked.
The word often implies vulnerability that wasn't immediately apparent—the breach may have happened before anyone noticed.
Broke past a barrier
- hackedGained unauthorized access
- infiltratedEntered covertly, secretly
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
- cyberattackMalicious digital intrusion
exploit · backdoor · credentials · authentication · firewall · encryption · intrusion · vulnerability
Contaminated, made impure
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- adulteratedDiluted with inferior substances
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
impaired · undermined · damaged · flawed · defective · weakened · subverted · eroded
Subject to potential harm
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
exposed · open · assailable · precarious · threatened · insecure · penetrable · exploitable
Had covering removed
- revealedMade visible or known
- discoveredFound something previously unknown
- outedRevealed someone's hidden truth
- disclosedMade previously hidden known
leaked · uncovered · betrayed · caught · identified · implicated · incriminated · fingered
Resolved dispute or colony
- concessionYielding a point
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- accordHarmony between parties
pact · deal · arrangement · understanding · reconciliation · truce · arbitration · give-and-take
breached
Broke past a barrier
- hackedGained unauthorized access
- infiltratedEntered covertly, secretly
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
cyberattack · exploit · backdoor · credentials · authentication · firewall · encryption · intrusion · vulnerability · penetrated
tainted
Contaminated, made impure
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- adulteratedDiluted with inferior substances
degraded · impaired · undermined · damaged · flawed · defective · weakened · subverted · eroded · diluted
at-risk
Subject to potential harm
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- defenselessWithout means to resist
unprotected · exposed · open · assailable · precarious · threatened · insecure · penetrable · exploitable · targetable
unmasked
Had covering removed
- revealedMade visible or known
- discoveredFound something previously unknown
- outedRevealed someone's hidden truth
disclosed · leaked · uncovered · betrayed · caught · identified · implicated · incriminated · fingered · blown
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- concessionYielding a point
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
accord · pact · deal · arrangement · understanding · reconciliation · truce · arbitration · give-and-take · quid pro quo
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- Security Statussafe, secure, secured, unsafe, insecure
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- structural conditionsintact, damaged, sound, unsound, stable
- weakweak, feeble, frail, fragile, faint
- equipment conditionsworn, damaged, broken, rusted, dented
compromisedprotected
Kept from harm
secure · uncompromised · safeguarded · safe · intact
compromiseduncompromising
Refusing to yield ground
steadfast · principled · resolute · unyielding · firm
compromisedintact
Not damaged or altered
undamaged · functional · unimpaired · sound · whole
- political compromiseNegotiated settlement between factions
- Missouri Compromise1820 slavery boundary legislation
- bipartisan compromiseAgreement between opposing parties
- moral compromise
- Compromise of 1850Five bills balancing slave-state interests
- three-fifths compromiseConstitutional slave enumeration formula
compromise, uncompromising, compromising, compromises, compromiser, compromisers, compromisingly