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- DictionaryA·dul·ter·ate/əˈdəltəˌrāt/
verb
- 1. render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one: "the meat was ground fine and adulterated with potato flour"
The meaning of ADULTERATE is to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially : to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients. How to use adulterate in a sentence.
ADULTERATE meaning: 1. to make food or drink weaker or to lower its quality, by adding something else: 2. to make food…. Learn more.
Adulterate definition: to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article). See examples of ADULTERATE used in a sentence.
the act of making food or drugs worse in quality by adding something to them: The adulteration of poultry is considered a serious problem. The presence of low levels of melamine in milk is not necessarily due to adulteration. See. adulterate.
If you adulterate something, you mess it up. You may not want to adulterate the beauty of freshly fallen snow by shoveling it, but how else are you going to get to work? The verb adulterate comes from the Latin word adulterare, which means “to falsify,” or “to corrupt.”.
verb [usually passive] If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. The food had been adulterated to increase its weight. [be VERB -ed] There is a regulation against adulterated cosmetics. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: debase, thin, weaken, corrupt More Synonyms of adulterate
adulterate - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
