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adj. - Mixed with impurities.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Verb (used with object) : to adulterate food
  • The agency did not disclose the name of the offending wine, including recalling the adulterated product.
  • So our new Bay Bridge sits on piles held up by "adulterated," re-mixed and re-used concrete.
  • In March 2009, the U.S. attorney in Chicago obtained an injunction that cited Del Rey for selling "adulterated" food.
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