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be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine
Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable.
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This method combines impure raw silicon with pure aluminum, lowering the melting temperature compared to conventional polysilicon production.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2025
Water was often impure, too, especially with the war going on.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
This anti-establishment mindset translates to denim with dirty shades of indigo, impure neutrals and green casts, accented with pops of fiery red and pale yellow.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025
According to some Buddhist scriptures, during Maya’s pregnancy the future Buddha never actually touched her womb, which was considered impure in early Indian Buddhism.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2025
Water was often impure, too, especially with the war going on.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
This anti-establishment mindset translates to denim with dirty shades of indigo, impure neutrals and green casts, accented with pops of fiery red and pale yellow.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025
According to some Buddhist scriptures, during Maya’s pregnancy the future Buddha never actually touched her womb, which was considered impure in early Indian Buddhism.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for impure
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“Impure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impure. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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impure
adjective
im·pure
(ˈ)im-ˈpyu̇(ə)r 
2
: mixed with something else that is usually not as good
an impure chemical
impurely
adverb
Medical Definition
impure
adjective
im·pure
(ˈ)im-ˈpyu̇(ə)r
: not pure: as
a
: containing something unclean
impure water
b
: mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance : adulterated
an impure chemical
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