corruptness
/kəˈrʌptnəs/
noun
- The quality or state of being dishonest, immoral, or willing to do wrong things for money or power.
- The journalist wrote an article about the corruptness in the city's housing department.
- Many citizens were shocked by the corruptness revealed in the investigation.
- The corruptness of the old government led to widespread poverty.
- The condition of being decayed or spoiled, especially in a physical or moral sense.
- The ancient texts had suffered from the corruptness of age and moisture.
- The corruptness of the fruit made it unsafe to eat.
- Moral corruptness can spread through a community like a disease.
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