impure

im·pure  (m-pyr)

adj. im·pur·er, im·pur·est

1. Not pure or clean; contaminated.

2. Not purified by religious rite; unclean.

3. Immoral or sinful: impure thoughts.

4. Mixed with another, usually inferior substance; adulterated.

5. Being a composite of more than one color or mixed with black or white.

6. Deriving from more than one source, style, or convention; eclectic: an impure art form.

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im·purely adv.

im·pureness n.

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impure [ɪmˈpjʊə]

adj

1. not pure; combined with something else; tainted or sullied

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Other Non-Christian Religions) (in certain religions)

a.  (of persons) ritually unclean and as such debarred from certain religious ceremonies

b.  (of foodstuffs, vessels, etc.) debarred from certain religious uses

3. (Physics / General Physics) (of a colour) mixed with another colour or with black or white

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) of more than one origin or style, as of architecture or other design

impurely  adv

impureness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	impure - combined with extraneous elements unclean, impure - having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 unprocessed - not altered from an original or natural state; "unprocessed commodities" pure - free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
	2.	impure - (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts" unchaste - not chaste; "unchaste conduct" pure - (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
	3.	impure - having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 unclean faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" impure - combined with extraneous elements

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impure

adjective

1. unrefined, mixed, alloyed, debased, adulterated, admixed impure diamonds

2. immoral, corrupt, obscene, indecent, gross, coarse, lewd, carnal, X-rated (informal), salacious, unclean, prurient, lascivious, smutty, lustful, ribald, immodest, licentious, indelicate, unchaste They say such behaviour might lead to impure temptations.
immoral moral, pure, decent, modest, delicate, wholesome, chaste

3. unclean, dirty, foul, infected, contaminated, polluted, filthy, tainted, sullied, defiled, unwholesome, vitiated They were warned against drinking the impure water from the stream.
unclean clean, immaculate, spotless, squeaky-clean, unsullied, undefiled

Translations

impure [ɪmˈpjʊəʳ] ADJ (Chem) [substance, drug] → impuro, con impurezas; [water] → con impurezas, contaminado; (morally) [person, thought] → impuro

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impure [ɪmˈpjʊə^r] adj → impur(e)

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impure

adj water, drugs, thoughts, mind → unrein; food → verunreinigt; motives → unsauber

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impure [ɪmˈpjʊəʳ] adj (Chem) (morally) → impuro/a; (air) → inquinato/a

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impure [ɪmˈpjʊəʳ] adj (Chem) (morally) → impuro/a; (air) → inquinato/a

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impure

adj impure [imˈpjue]

dirty, with other substances mixed in; not pure impure air; The water is impure. onsuiwer قَذِر، غَير صافٍ، فاسِد нечист znečištěný, nečistý uren unrein ακάθαρτος impuro ebapuhas کثیف؛ ناخالص epäpuhdas impur לא טָהוֹר अशुद्ध nečist, prljav tisztát(a)lan, szennyezett kotor óhreinn, mengaður impuro, inquinato きたない 불결한 nešvarus, užterštas netīrs; piesārņots kotor onzuiver urein zanieczyszczony impuro impur нечистый znečistený nečist prljav oren, förorenad ซึ่งไม่บริสุทธิ์ pis, kirli 不純的 нечистий; брудний آلودہ bẩn 不纯的

n imˈpurity

1 something which is mixed into another substance, but which should not be There are too many impurities in this steel. onsuiwerheid عَدَم نَقاوَه، تَلَوُّث примес nečistota urenhed die Unreinheit ακαθαρσία, πρόσμειξη impureza lisand ناخالصی epäpuhtaus impureté מְזַהֵם अशुद्ध nečistoća szennyeződés campuran e-ð sem spillir/mengar; sori impurità 不純物 불순물 nešvarumas, priemaiša piemaisījums; piejaukums campuran onzuiverheid ureinhet, slagg zanieczyszczenie impureza impuritate примесь nečistota nečistost nečistoća orenhet, förorening สิ่งเจือปน katışık, karışık 雜質 забруднення; бруд ملاوٹ tạp chất 杂质

2 the state of being impure Complaints were made about the impurity of the milk. onsuiwerheid فَساد، تَلَوُّث замърсеност nečistota uren; urenhed die Unreinheit μη καθαρότητα impureza ebapuhtus ناپاکی؛ ناخالصی epäpuhtaus impureté טוּמאָה अशुद्धता onečišćenost tisztát(a)lanság ketidakmurnian mengun impurità 不潔 불결한 상태 nešvarumas netīrība ketidaktulenan onzuiverheid ureinhet zanieczyszczenie impureza lipsă de puritate примесь nečistota nečistost nečistoća orenhet ความไม่บริสุทธิ์ arı/saf olmayış 不潔 домішка آلودگی sự bẩn 不洁