impure
/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ adjective C1- Containing undesired intermixtures · The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
- Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality) · He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.
- Having side effects. · an impure method
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