Impure definition

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Not pure or clean; contaminated.
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Mixed with another, usually inferior substance; adulterated.
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Not purified by religious rite; unclean.
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Immoral or sinful.

Impure thoughts.

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Being a composite of more than one color or mixed with black or white.
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Deriving from more than one source, style, or convention; eclectic.

An impure art form.

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Not pure.
  • Unclean; dirty.
  • Unclean according to religious ritual; defiled.
  • Obscene; unchaste.
  • Mixed with foreign matter; adulterated.
  • Mixed so as to lack purity in color, tone, style, etc.
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Not pure.

The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.

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He was thinking impure thoughts.

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(obsolete) To defile; to pollute.
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(Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse.
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Adjective

Base Form:
impure
Comparative:
impurer
Superlative:
impurest

Origin of impure

  • From Middle French impur, from Latin impurus

    From Wiktionary

Impure Sentence Examples

  • The impure spirit is blown out and the pure blown in.

  • Argillaceous brown iron ore is often known in Germany as Thoneisenstein; but the corresponding term in English (clay iron stone) is applied to nodular forms of impure chalybite.

  • An impure form of the salt is prepared by roasting blende at a low temperature.

  • Vinegar (or impure acetic acid), which is produced when wine is allowed to stand, was known to both the Greeks and Romans, who considered it to be typical of acid substances; this is philologically illustrated by the words OEbs, acidus, sour, and duos, acetus, vinegar.

  • Those of age to become pages were too old, for the beast twisted their impure hearts and made them attack us.

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