adulterated
Intentionally tainted with impuritiesIntentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug).
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug).
Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated; see also Thesaurus:contaminated
The problem of adulterated milk has periodically reemerged as a public health menace, from New York in the 1850s to China in 2008.
gepanscht
- mixed with impurities
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollutiThe adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ed.
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- mixed with impurities:adulteratedebased