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   Im·pure

   /imˈpyo͝or/

   

   adjective

   • 1. mixed with foreign matter; adulterated: "bullets cast from an impure lead" Similar adulteratedmixedcombinedblendedalloyeddebaseddegradeddefiledtechnical:admixedOpposite pure
   • ▪ dirty: "a parasite that thrives in impure water" Similar contaminatedpollutedtaintedinfectedsullieddefiledunwholesomepoisoneddirtyfilthyuncleanfoulunhygienicunsanitaryinsanitaryliterary:befouledrare:feculentOpposite pureclean
   • ▪ (of a color) mixed with another color.
   • 2. morally wrong, especially in sexual matters: "citizens suspected of harboring impure thoughts" Similar immoralcorruptsinfulwrongfulwickeddishonorabledepraveddegeneratedebaucheddissoluteunchastelustfullecherouslewdlasciviousprurientobscenedirtyindecentuncleanwantonribaldrisquésmuttyimpropercrudevulgarcoarsegrosspornographicrare:concupiscentOpposite purechaste
   • ▪ defiled or contaminated according to ritual prescriptions: "groups seen as impure included those possessed by demons" Similar contaminatedpollutedtaintedinfectedsullieddefiledunwholesomepoisoneddirtyfilthyuncleanfoulunhygienicunsanitaryinsanitaryliterary:befouledrare:feculentOpposite pureclean

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘dirty, containing offensive matter’): from Latin impurus, from in- ‘not’ + purus ‘pure’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. impurely adverb
   • 2. impureness noun

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