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as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine
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as in vulgar
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable
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Recent Examples of impure
France has Europe’s largest population of Muslims, over 6 million, for whom pigs are considered impure.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Curtain calls In 1900, more than 6,000 people in England were poisoned by beer that had been brewed using impure sulfuric acid containing arsenic.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
This method combines impure raw silicon with pure aluminum, lowering the melting temperature compared to conventional polysilicon production.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2025
The trash is heated to break it into crude, impure syngas, which is then zapped with plasma torches to further refine it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Nov. 2011
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Reuters, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Curtain calls In 1900, more than 6,000 people in England were poisoned by beer that had been brewed using impure sulfuric acid containing arsenic.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
This method combines impure raw silicon with pure aluminum, lowering the melting temperature compared to conventional polysilicon production.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2025
The trash is heated to break it into crude, impure syngas, which is then zapped with plasma torches to further refine it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Nov. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impure
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During the Gulf War in 1991, downwind countries experienced similar polluted rain as Kuwait’s oil fields burned.—
Armin Sorooshian,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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Some Iranians fear the polluted rain, which also contains heavy metals, could contaminate drinking-water reservoirs and waterways.—
Tammy Webber,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Lewd and vulgar language is banned.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.—
Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Its contaminated followers were one step removed from the beasts of the field.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The company later recovered more than 888,000 gallons of contaminated fuel that had mixed with other gasoline already in the tanks.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Using obscene or abusive language Any use of profanity, insults or abusive language is prohibited under the FDCPA.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Pawula was investigated after Hastings lodged a complaint with state police, but charges of harassment through electronic communication and transmitting obscene messages were dropped.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 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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For example, Wilson’s team is exploring whether dilute acids speed up weathering.—
Robert F. Service,
Science | AAAS,
3 Sep. 2020
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The emails were originally unearthed during a sweeping internal affairs investigation, which revealed in 2015 that Miami Beach officers had exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist and pornographic messages via their city email accounts.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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According to the criminal complaint, the victims told police that Meyers asked them to send nude photos or make pornographic videos.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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To save them, remove the mold by washing them thoroughly with water to remove surface fungi, then spray them with a diluted solution of hydrogen peroxide (1 part hydrogen peroxide to 2 parts water).—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
13 Mar. 2026
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Then, water your plants as usual with the diluted banana water, or use it as a foliar spray on plant leaves.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
10 Mar. 2026
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Mascherano was then ejected in stoppage time after arguing a foul call against one of his players, earning a yellow card, then a second for continuing to protest.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2026
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Senior guard Berkely Schneider made 6 of 8 foul shots, including four in the final minute, to finish with 10 points.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Impure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impure. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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