as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
the hospitals had no choice but to throw out the contaminated blood supply
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as in poisoned
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
a supply of drinking water that was contaminated by a toxic waste dump
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Recent Examples of contaminated
Eduardo B. Farfán, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 7 May 2026
Hantavirus usually spreads by inhaling contaminated rodent droppings.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
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Adjective
Another method involves covering contaminated areas with clean soil, clay or concrete.
—Eduardo B. Farfán, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
Hantaviruses usually spread when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings.
—ABC News, 7 May 2026
Hantavirus usually spreads by inhaling contaminated rodent droppings.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contaminated
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Though McCoy’s plot is often murkier than the polluted lake around which its events unfold, her voice, highly attuned to sensory experience, shines through.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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If canaries in coal mines were harbingers of safe conditions, surely piping plovers at Waukegan Beach mean the city is overcoming its polluted past.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Who cares about the fact that her friend cheated when her child was poisoned by her husband and her father?—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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Weinstein’s lawyers have argued that his New York conviction last year was poisoned by bad blood among jurors.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Net income is $807 million, or 43 cents per diluted share.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The device pulls in a lot of air to capture the very diluted CO2.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But dwarf galaxies are smaller and colder, with more dilute and slower-moving matter.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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Second, a dilute hydrochloric acid is used to dissolve the remaining lithium and the transition metals—nickel, cobalt, and manganese.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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While Liang seeks to distance the company from the tainted elements, Supermicro’s longer-term fate may hinge on whether Nvidia stays close or decides to keep its distance.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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The case has it all — backroom deals, bribes, tainted legislation, dark money contributions — even the suicide of a prominent official at the center of the scandal.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Contaminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contaminated. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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