Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.

    Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.

    Unreinheit, Verunreinigung

    нечистота́nečistotá

    the condition of being impure

  2. (countable, uncountable)A component or additive that renders something else impure.

    The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.

    Unreinheit, Fremdkörper

    при́месьprímesʹ, загрязне́ниеzagrjaznénije

    до́мішкаdómiška

  3. (countable, uncountable)A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.

    With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.

    Unreinheit

    нечистопло́тностьnečistoplótnostʹ

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The pipe has a filter for impurities.

  2. The impurities of the water were visible to the naked eye.

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  3. To prevent impurities, make sure to reduce the tallow multiple times.

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  4. Water can be cleaned using different filters, which remove and hold onto the impurities.

  5. Linguistic impurity is beautiful.

    deLinguistische Unreinheit ist schön. — Vortarulo

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a component or additive that renders something else impure:
Русский
By meaning 3
the condition of being impure:
a component or additive that renders something else impure:
a state of immorality:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the condition of being impure:
a component or additive that renders something else impure:

Origin

From impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.

From impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.

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Forms

plural: impurities
Singularimpurity
Pluralimpurities

regular

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedimpure

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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