vi·ti·ate (vĭsh’ē-āt’) pronunciation
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
1. To reduce the value or impair the quality of.
2. To corrupt morally; debase.
3. To make ineffective; invalidate.
Usage:
Thus the substantial work by the artist in constructing a response system has been vitiated by a too tenuous connection between action and reaction. (Stephen Boyd Davis)
I like it.
