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ADULTERATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adulterated mean? 

ADULTERATED (adjective)
  The adjective ADULTERATED has 1 sense:

1. mixed with impuritiesplay

  Familiarity information: ADULTERATED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADULTERATED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mixed with impurities

Synonyms:

adulterate; adulterated; debased

Similar:

impure (combined with extraneous elements)


 Context examples 


Mr. Spenlow being a little drowsy after the champagne—honour to the soil that grew the grape, to the grape that made the wine, to the sun that ripened it, and to the merchant who adulterated it!—and being fast asleep in a corner of the carriage, I rode by the side and talked to Dora.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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