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Recent Examples of undrinkable
As is, this water is undrinkable, but, primarily through a process of reverse osmosis, the salt and mineral content can be removed, and the water can be made safe to drink.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Many, perhaps by design, were undrinkable.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
That's especially important when the tap water is undrinkable.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The water became undrinkable because of contamination fears.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Many, perhaps by design, were undrinkable.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
That's especially important when the tap water is undrinkable.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The water became undrinkable because of contamination fears.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for undrinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undrinkable
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The funding places the Salisbury-area project within a broader statewide effort to address PFAS, a class of chemicals increasingly found in public water systems, particularly in rural communities, as Maryland officials move to replace or treat contaminated supplies.—
Josh Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2026
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Soil can erode, water can become contaminated, and wildlife can still be harmed.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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State officials issued islandwide brown water advisories for Oahu and Maui after storms sent polluted runoff into coastal waters.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The South Asian nation ranked the world’s most polluted country in 2025, according to the report.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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The former Exide Technologies plant in Vernon melted down pallets of lead-acid car batteries in blast furnaces for nearly a century, blanketing up to 10,000 nearby properties with toxic dust, according to state officials.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Oil prices are once again surging in the wake of war in the Middle East, driving up the cost of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel and threatening a return to stagflation – the toxic mix of higher prices and slower growth that made economic life so miserable a half century ago.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The whisky was slightly poisonous.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Marsha purchased the ingredients for this poisonous beverage at a local store.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Undrinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undrinkable. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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