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   impure

   /ɪmˈpjʊə/

   adjective

   • 1. mixed with foreign matter; adulterated: "an impure form of heroin" Similar adulteratedmixedcombinedblendedalloyeddebaseddegradeddefiledtechnical:admixedOpposite pure
   • ▪ dirty: "a parasite that thrives in impure water" Similar contaminatedpollutedtaintedinfectedsullieddefiledunwholesomepoisoneddirtyfilthyuncleanfoulunhygienicunsanitaryinsanitaryliterary:befouledrare:feculentOpposite pureclean
   • ▪ (of a colour) mixed with another colour.
   • 2. morally wrong, especially in sexual matters: "citizens suspected of harbouring impure thoughts" Similar immoralcorruptsinfulwrongfulwickeddishonourabledepraveddegeneratedebaucheddissoluteunchastelustfullecherouslewdlasciviousprurientobscenedirtyindecentuncleanwantonribaldrisquésmuttyimpropercrudevulgarcoarsegrosspornographicrare:concupiscentOpposite purechaste
   • ▪ defiled or contaminated according to ritual prescriptions: "groups seen as impure included those possessed by demons" Similar contaminatedpollutedtaintedinfectedsullieddefiledunwholesomepoisoneddirtyfilthyuncleanfoulunhygienicunsanitaryinsanitaryliterary:befouledrare:feculentOpposite pureclean

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘dirty, containing offensive matter’): from Latin impurus, from in- ‘not’ + purus ‘pure’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. impurely adverb
   • 2. impureness noun

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   What is the meaning of impure?

   • 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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   What does it mean if a substance is impure?

   • A substance that is impure is not of good quality because it has other substances mixed with it. If you describe thoughts and actions as impure, you mean they are concerned with sex and are morally bad. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. a. b. 3. 4. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What is impure water?

   • Anything impure is contaminated or corrupted. Water that has sea monkeys swimming in it is impure. Don’t drink it! Drinking water that is impure requires distillation or another method or purification to get rid of pollutants like bacteria; otherwise people might get sick from consuming it.

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   What does impure thoughts mean?

   • impure thoughts. marked by foreign and unsuitable or objectionable elements or characteristics, as a style of art or of literary expression. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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